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Theatre review
Theatre review
A captivating insight into a forgotten leader
SIMON PARSONS recommends a play that dissects the Rwandan genocide
Attila the Stockbroker Diary: April 19, 2024
Suddenly pressed into international diplomacy, the bard brings the crumhorn of peace to North Korea
Album reviews
Album reviews
Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: April 22, 2024
New releases from Shabaka, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and David Ian Roberts
Cinema
Cinema
Film round-up: April 18, 2024
Vegan sermons, undercut snobs, fake messiahs and mash-up horror. The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Could Never Go Vegan, Jeanne Du Barry, The Book of Clarence, and Abigail
Film of the week
Film of the week
First we heat, then we think
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a haunting coming-of-age tale that gives a glimpse of contemporary Mongolian society
Music Review
Music Review
Still Cooking
PETER MASON wallows in the aura on an ex-Pistol
BenchMarx
BenchMarx
The lasting impact of leftwing journalism
RON JACOBS reflects on on how reading The Village Voice helped him become the person he is today
Books
Books
Greetings! I was here
MARTIN HALL relishes a history that advocates a dialectical understanding of culture as both representative and transactional
Books
Books
The prisoners of gender
CAL MCBRIDE recommends an accessible and erudite study that aims to link the struggle for gender rights with the wider critique of neoliberal capitalism
Books
Books
The Islamic renaissance man
STEVE ANDREW is fascinated by the life of a 16th century Islamic polymath that demonstrates an internationalism that may come as a shock to western observers