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Contemporary classical and electronic albums with Simon Duff: April 14, 2025
New releases from Nazar, Peter Gregson and Mesias Maiguashca
Bonding with others offers a level of freedom and strength
A recognition that individually we are powerless both politically and socially is essential, writes GORDON PARSONS
How to truly end the choke-hold of racism?
ALEX HALL recommends a book that places empirical evidence at the heart of understanding racism
A useful work of political ecology
MARTIN GRAHAM recommends a book that makes a critique of neoclassical economics and attempts to envision a sustainable global future
The role of peasants in 20th century history
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times
Time catches up with 1970s classic
PAUL FOLEY is disappointed by a production that encourages the audience to laugh at rather than with the characters
Punk or not, don't miss this
Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month
‘Effervescent’
This is poetry in paint, spectacular but never spectacle for its own sake, writes JAN WOOLF
Cinema
Cinema
Film round-up: April 10, 2025
The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
Film of the week
Film of the week
Underlining the senselessness of war
Odysseus’s homecoming myth is treated as a factual story, with strong resonances for our contemporary world. This is an implicit anti-war film that has an urgent relevance, writes JOHN GREEN
