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
Book Review Friday 10th May 2024 Book Review Britain’s first black Olympian ALEX HALL is fascinated by the cosmopolitan life and internationalist values of the black sprinter and humanitarian, Harry Edward
Book Review Friday 10th May 2024 Book Review To Nietzsche or not to Nietzsche Can the 19th-century philosopher be repackaged for the 21st century? JOHN KENDALL HAWKINS reviews a book that says so
Book Review Sunday 12th May 2024 Book Review Supping with the devil LYNNE WALSH admires an in-depth study of the process by which individuals become radicalised in Britain