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What a year! We’re all in need of some light relief – here we pick out the top films, books and music reviewed by New Internationalist in 2017

This month we review The Growth Delusion, by David Pilling; The White City, by Roma Tearne; The Unmapped Country, by Ann Quin; and Old Demons, New Deities, edited by Tenzin Dickie.

Swedish artist Fever Ray’s Plunge, and transnational trio Toto Bona Lokua’s feel-good album Bondeko.

Mountains May Depart, by Jia Zhangke, and Makala, by Emmanuel Gras are reviewed this month.

The founding editor of New Internationalist magazine talks about his subsequent work campaigning with UNICEF – and his latest novel.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts

The Philippines’ maverick environmentalist fighting the powerful mining industry, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen.

Cartoon by P J Polyp

Inclusive rhetoric by Fiji’s PM is belied by police repression, reports Wame Valentine. And the economy’s in trouble. We profile Fiji today.

By Steve Bonello from Malta.

Being on the wrong side of suspicion can have extreme consequences where formal justice systems are not fully functional, realizes Amy Booth on a visit to a prison.

Praise, blame and all points in between? Your feedback published in the January/February 2018 magazine.

Sean Spicer, Trump’s first Press Secretary, lied from the very beginning of the new presidency. We shouldn’t let him whitewash himself with showbiz, writes Steve Parry

Some people have so much money they don’t know what to do with it – while most of us scrimp and save just to get by. Mark Engler reflects on the vulgar reality of extreme wealth.

Māori revival; Lighting up the slums; Uncaged beasts