When Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015, the reports noted that English translations of her work were ‘sparse.’ Happily…
We meet in town, in one of the pubs. Way back when, before gastropubs and chains, before pubs got remodelled to look…
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The underground theatre scene in Liverpool is currently thriving, with lots of weird and wonderful work being produced and tried out. 81…
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Ten years ago today, I sat up in bed with a cup of tea and the laptop, messing around with WordPress. In…
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Clothes do maketh the person. We are all ourselves, essentially a blank canvas to broadcast to the outside world our beliefs and…
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Last Respects Rakuko Rubin Translated by Jay Rubin An email from her mother brought Mayu the news that Shota’s mother had died.…
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The Edinburgh Festival is a carnival of creatives. A buzzing experience that I have to undertake every year. I have seen some…
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There aren’t enough books out there like What About Reb, so be warned that when you finish reading it, you are likely…
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We love street art and anything that really makes the environment a brighter place to be. Illustrator Aaron Givens recently won a…
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The film channel here in Japan likes to show things in sequence, so it was that I spent a recent winter’s evening…
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What an entrance! As you approach The Bluecoat to visit its latest art exhibition – In the Peaceful Dome – the limn of…
