DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Two poems by Dominique Dunne
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
People Watching at Rush Hour
It’s almost like a caricature.
One man actually shakes his head
whilst reading a Metro news headline.
Another has his head tulip leaning
against the glass whilst pondering
out the window, all doe-eyed.
A lady taps her watch and sighs.
No one is smiling. But I can’t talk,
I’m sitting in the luggage holder.
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