Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Crime fiction with Mat Coward: July 26, 2023
Take your pick from bent Tories, tragic coming-of-age, strings-attached charity, and a classic bonkers thriller
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
THE most blatantly corrupt government in British history has been something of a godsend to thriller writers over the last few years.
The bent Tory at the centre of THE FALLEN by John Sutherland (Orion, £18.99) is the new policing minister, who’s widely tripped as the next party leader. His great crusade is the privatisation of the police — a “reform” worth tens of millions to people close to him.
Police negotiator, Superintendent Alex Lewis gets involved when he talks a distressed young woman down from a bridge in London.
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