Typical Girls? : The Story of the Slits - Helen McCookerybook Pages:256 pages, 3 Plates, black and whiteWild, defiant and startlingly inventive, The Slits were ahead of their time. Despite their innovative fusion of genres from dub reggae to punk, African rhythms, funk and free jazz they were dismissed as being "unable to play". Lyrically witty and incisively perceptive, their hugely influential album Cut, challenged perceptions of women in music and girl bands, inspiring generations of women to pick up instruments and rage against the status quo.
In this definitive collection you'll find classic flavours like Chocolate and Whipped Caramel Cake
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He simply knew human nature
Printmaker Angie Lewin is widely admired for her alluringly stylish images of the natural world
With forensic clarity and unexpected humour
When your home is hit by shells or broken into by gunmen
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Here Adshead invites the reader to step with her into the room to meet twelve patients and discover how minds can change
Woman's Hour 'Heart-shattering
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