STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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Passing: An Alternative History of Identity
Remarkable exploration of how we construct our sense of belonging
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
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
“PASSING,” according to Lipika Pelham, is “the act of living or imitating a life belonging to an identity other than the one you have been assigned by society.”
But as the book Passing’s subtitle suggests, this is not just another survey of the contemporary celebratory craze for a recognition of individuality in our mass-conscious world. The author recognises that the quest for identity, an essential facet of humanity, has “no absolute markers to measure our being or belonging.”
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