Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four …
Last night a writer saved my life, last night a writer saved my life from a broken heart… No one ever says …
There’s a school of thought that The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s classic tale of teenage angst, has the shortest of windows. …
Reunited Rakuko Rubin Translated by Jay Rubin The common room clock gave out three loud chimes. Takao’s wide-open eyes stopped wandering around …
In autumn in 1930s Germany, the apples are about to be harvested, in town shifts are starting. But at Westhofen concentration camp, …
So as we all know, this month is Nonfiction November, as well as being the month where the intrepid attempt to write …
There are so many good reading challenges around on Twitter and Instagram, but often I only realise when they are nearly over! …
October is the UK’s Black History Month and this Homegoing review came about because of a serendipitous find at the library last …
If you were captivated by the recent HBO series, Chernobyl, and especially the story of Lyudmila Ignatenko and her husband, Vasily, one …
When Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015, the reports noted that English translations of her work were ‘sparse.’ Happily …
The underground theatre scene in Liverpool is currently thriving, with lots of weird and wonderful work being produced and tried out. 81 …
