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masterpieces. Following the legendary astronomer and physicist in the later part of his life, the play focuses on Galileo’s conflict between his scientific principles and his desire for the easier life that compliance with authority affords. www.youngvic.org/whats-on/ life-of-galileo


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Apollo Theatre, London From 14 July


Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell star in a new production of Tennessee William’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece about death and mendacity. On a steamy Mississippi night, a Southern family gather at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell. Failed football star Brick and his ambitious wife Maggie dance round the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage, but which version of the truth is real? www.


apollotheatrelondon. co.uk


Poetry


Fallen Poets: Edward Thomas and Hedd Wyn Until 2 September National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth One hundred years ago, two poets were killed in battle during the Great War: Hedd Wyn and Edward Thomas. Born more than 15 years and 200 miles apart, they are connected by Wales, poetry, nature and the war. Hedd Wyn is known as the Poet of


Spotlight Exhibition shows a year in the press in pictures


The award-winning World Press Photo exhibition calls into Edinburgh this summer. The exhibition, presenting the


best visual journalism of the past year, is being hosted by the Scottish Parliament on 4-16 August. The World Press Photo Foundation was formed in 1955, when a group


of Dutch photographers organised a competition to expose their work to international colleagues. The annual contest has grown into


one of the most prestigious awards in photojournalism and multimedia storytelling, with images seen by four million people each year. Last year’s winner was Turkish


photographer Burhan Ozbilici, who captured the moment in December last year when Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was assassinated by an off-duty police officer at an art gallery in Ankara.


www.worldpressphoto.org


For the sake of clarification, Tim Lezard wishes to point out it was not himself but the author and academic Gregor Gall who wrote the lead feature (Remembering Bob Crow) in the last edition of arts with attitude. Gregor Gall¹s biography of the former RMT leader can be ordered here http:// www.manchesteruniversitypress. co.uk/9781526100290/


theJournalist | 21 Book review The united history of football reporting


Journalism lecturer Roger Domeneghetti’s book, From The Back Page to the Front Room: Football’s Journey Through the English Media, traces the history of football media. From the days of folk football to


the digital age, from Match of the Day, soccer specials and lads’ mags, this book tells the story of the media and football and how they have become intertwined. Along the way, it looks at newsreels, radio, magazines, literature and TV. Domeneghetti interviewed many


football and media industry figures such as Greg Dyke, Henry Winter, Jacqui Oatley and Michael Grade. He believes the book is as much a


the Black Chair after he posthumously won the chair at the Birkenhead National Eisteddfod for his ode Yr Arwr. Edward Thomas is often


referred to as one of the most important poets of the 20th century, even though his whole


poetic output was created in the two years before his death. This exhibition celebrates the two poets’ lives, their work and their legacy. www.llgc.org.uk


Photography Nan Goldin, Sweet Blood Call 16 June-15 October 2017 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Nan Goldin is known for intensely personal, spontaneous, sexual and transgressive photographs. This exhibition presents pivotal works


history of the English media as it is of football. The publication has been


endorsed by Scottish sports writer Hugh McIlvanney, who says: “Prodigious research and perceptive interpretation of it make this book an unrivalled exposition of the relationship between professional football and the media. “It is made richer by the rescuing


from obscurity many characters whose important influence will be a revelation to most readers.” Columnist, historian and TV


presenter Dominic Sandbrook says the book is “irresistibly enjoyable”, covering “tabloid headlines and Twitter controversies to fanzines


from her oeuvre including drawings, portraits of women as family, friends and lovers, as well as a collection of evocative and previously unseen work from Ireland. In 1979, Goldin presented her first slideshow in a New York nightclub; her richly coloured, snapshot-like photographs were soon heralded as a groundbreaking contribution to fine art photography. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency –the name she gave her ever-evolving show – eventually grew into a 45 minute multimedia presentation accompanied by a musical soundtrack. www.imma.ie/


Exhibition Never Going Underground – the Fight for LGBT+ rights Until 3 September


People’s History Museum, Manchester Curated by members of Manchester’s LGBT+ community, this exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, exploring and celebrating the people who campaigned and continue to campaign for equality for LGBT+ people. The exhibition details the


development of an LGBT+ movement, showing the internal and external struggles, the different party political approaches to equality, and the social and historical context of 60 years of activism. This tells the complex, compelling story of a long and often bumpy journey. www.phm.org.uk


and Fever Pitch … it is likely to become the definitive word on an often controversial subject.” ockleybooks.com


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