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by Rebecca Lowe The Crazy Truth is a working-class novel that remains true to its roots – unflinchingly honest to the point of brutal, yet also touching,…
Brett Gregory speaks to Steve Presence and Matthias Kispert, co-conveners of the RFN, the largest alternative film/media communication hub in the world. The RFN was originally established…
by Jenny Farrell The Irish language is often relegated to the past—a relic of rural idylls or historical dramas. Kneecap, directed by Rich Peppiatt, smashes this notion…
Nothing There are forty of us in my class,a symphony of sniffing and snotsdragging themselves up nostrils,making me feel like vomitingon the boy in front of me….
It is not only about sex and religion. It is also about power and class. The Church of England is in chaos: just weeks after Justin Welby…
Margaret Heffernan outlines the precarious situation facing artists Artists are generally thought of as either starving in a garret (La Boheme and all that) or jammy millionaires…
Mark Perryman provides his annual seasonal reading guide OK twelve books in twelve days, in between welcoming Santa down the chimney, preparing the nut roast for Christmas…
Michael Rosen reading his poems On Sunday 9th December at the Cockpit Theatre in London, I attended the celebration and farewell of twenty years publishing by Smokestack…