12 December, 2011

Musab Younis

The Imperial Code

David French's The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945-1967 revisits a faded empire's tactics of suppression.


Ioanna Mavrou

Postcards from Atlantis

Ioanna Mavrou uncovers Atlantis, a lesser-known gem of the independent book world found in Oia, Greece.


Rachael Goddard-Rebstein

Psychometrics

Jon Ronsen's The Psychopath Test scrutinises the criteria of one of mental health's most popularised disorders.


James Grabill

Three Poems: James Grabill

Original poetry from James Gabrill.


Sabyn Javeri

The Letter

The winner of the Oxonian Review's Short Story Competition.


28 November, 2011

Stephen Hussey

The Divided Shelf

Christopher Hitchens' Arguably collects over 600 pages of comment and reportage from an unquiet contrarian.


Aime Williams

British Verses

The Best British Poetry 2011 anthologises some of the finest British poets writing today, from Emily Berry to Amy De’Ath.


Angus Brown

Influencing Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom's The Anatomy of Influence attempts to recount the influences of America's most famous literary critic.


Abhishek Majumdar

Weathering Conflict

Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War embarks on a new history of World War II, addressing the inevitability of Nazi defeat.


Rhys Williams

Committed Fiction

China Miéville's Embassytown takes us to Arieka, a planet on which humans live among an indigenous population.