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A Conversation with Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Author of Stubborn Archivist
Interview with Yara Rodrigues Fowler
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature
Book Review: Punch, by Kate North
In this collection North has created incisively told anecdotes filled with a sense of anticipation, of something struggling to rise to the surface
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature
Book Review: This Paradise, by Ruby Cowling
This Paradise offers an incredibly diverse range of topics. They are original, current, entertaining, and relevant.
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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature
Does My Bomb Look Big in This? at Soho Theatre
The best thing about “Does My Bomb Look Big in This? is seeing how teenagers behave in their everyday lives. It reminds us how flawed they are, yet how wonderful ...
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature
Book Review: Constellations, by Sinéad Gleeson
Constellations is a collection of raw, beautifully charged, wide-ranging essays about living in an imperfect body, specifically a female body in Ireland, where historically women have been denied their right ...
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Book Review: Common People, edited by Kit de Waal
With over thirty contributions from as many writers, Common People shines a light on the huge diversity of people in the United Kingdom and celebrates this richness loudly.
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Arts & Culture, Books, Literature
To Work or Not to Work? A Review : Not Working, by Josh Cohen and The Joy of Work, by Bruce Daisley
Our culture of relentless activity is driving us to exhaustion – how can we stop?
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Book Review: London Undercurrents, by Joolz Sparkes and Hilaire
Sparkes and Hilaire have divided in two the work of unearthing and voicing by location, with Sparkes taking North and Hilaire the South of London, demarcated by the river that ...
Going Through at the Bush Theatre
With the best use of its simple elements, the play (literally) takes us places, through visionary and poetic storytelling.
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Book Review: The Choke, by Sofie Laguna
In “The Choke” characters are trapped by circumstances, doomed to repeat the mistakes of previous generations, as they bid to break free from a cycle of poverty, addiction and violence. ...
Book Review: At Home in the New World, by Maria Terrone
In her collection of essays, At Home in the New World, Maria Terrone explores the world through the lens of an Italian-American New Yorker.
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Book Review: Stubborn Archivist, by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
A stylistically complex novel, Stubborn Archivist blends prose poetry and disjointed narratives, the result of which is a novel with a sense of urgency.
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Nebraska: Film Review
Nebraska. A CGI and colour free zone it relies instead on character relationships, and real life chances taken and lost.
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My Dad’s Gap Year at Park Theatre
‘My Dad’s Gap Year’ at its heart is about how love survives disappointment, failure and broken taboos but Tom Wright has wrapped it up in a fast-moving comedy and the ...
Gecko: The Wedding at the Barbican – a physical feast
The Wedding is an exploration of what it means to become, and to be an adult in our society, with all the fun, challenges, misunderstandings, ties, and betrayals it brings ...
Book Review: Bottled Goods, by Sophie van Llewyn
So my big question when starting the book was “How is this going to work?”
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Jamali Maddix – Review
Jamali Maddix is not quite thirty yet but after listening to him for an hour at the Hackney Empire on Saturday night, he struck me as a man who had ...
Book Review: Table Manners, by Susmita Bhattacharya
Food is a byword for class, loss, happiness, and a minefield of potential gaffes for the culturally uninitiated.
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A Christmas Carol at the Print Room
Between the sloping floor and bazar feel of the lounge to the two hundred seat theatre with fading walls, it is a warm, intimate place for a one-man show. ...
Book Review: The Gods Will Hear Us Eventually, by Jinny Koh
When you expect The Gods Will Hear Us Eventually to become a whodunnit it morphs more into a mystery and almost becomes a ghost story, but don’t let me give ...