Category: Literature

18 June, 2013

Nico Hobhouse

Writing Revolution



13 June, 2013

April Pierce

Poetry’s Not Dead



11 June, 2013

Laura Ludtke

From Myth and Reason



10 June, 2013

Calum Mechie and Simon Morley

Neutralising Orwell

The prize which bears George Orwell's name pays no homage to the polemical principles which charged his work.


Gabriel Roberts

The Creations of Edward Thomas

Despite problems of retrospect, this novel about the making of the poet is a valuable contribution as interest in Thomas grows.


Nakul Krishna

Novel Conceits

Hamid's experiments with genre and form are a singular achievement, not an agenda for the fiction of globalisation.


27 May, 2013

Luke Brunning

The Negative of Love

Revisiting Julian Barnes's latest book, Luke Brunning charts a journey towards the moral space of grief.


Harriet Rix

Naming the Rose

The aim is laudable but the results are disappointing in this new approach to Romantic culture through botany.


Matthew Western

Harder Than You Think

To read popular music as social discourse first we must hear it on its own terms, says Matthew Western (feat. Public Enemy).


23 May, 2013

Vincent van Bever Donker

Intertwining Worlds