Theatre Review Wednesday 15th May 2024 Theatre Review Top-notch biblical folk-tale SIMON PARSONS recommends a musical retelling of the Old Testament story of the sexual awakening of a young childless bride
Theatre Review Thursday 16th May 2024 Theatre Review Virtuoso exposure of colonialism DAN GLAZEBROOK recommends an outstanding one-man show that explores the colonial history of Sierra Leone
Theatre Review Wednesday 15th May 2024 Theatre Review When you can’t breathe, it ain’t funny MARY CONWAY relishes a magnificent performance and the rich street language in a flawed depiction of racist police violence in downtown New York
21st Century Poetry Wednesday 15th May 2024 21st Century Poetry When the Pilrig Church Clock Strikes 13 by Mike Cowley
Fiction Tuesday 14th May 2024 Fiction Class menagerie FIONA O’CONNOR assesses a dense and overpopulated novel that isn’t satire and doesn’t go deep
Fiction Tuesday 14th May 2024 Fiction A fine evocation of today’s Nigeria MARJORIE MAYO recommends the story of two families caught up in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption
Exhibition review Monday 13th May 2024 Exhibition review Arab diaspora blues LEO BOIX reviews an exhibition combines personal histories, political struggles and Jewish-Arab roots to denounce political oppression and advocate for social justice
Books Monday 13th May 2024 Books US ‘back-yardism’ scrutinised A good old-fashioned spy yarn in the tradition of Graham Greene’s classic Our Man in Havana, opines ROGER McKENZIE
Album reviews Monday 13th May 2024 Album reviews Album reviews with Tony Burke: May 13, 2024 Scotland's finest, hippie memorabilia and the best Americana of 2024 so far: reviews of Jack Bruce, Music from Laurel Canyon, and Dylan LeBlanc
Literature Friday 10th May 2024 Literature Your first time in the north PAUL FARMER recommends the perplexing realism of a working-class writer whose books are about far more than they appear to be