Underdogs is available here Underdogs is the first novel by the working-class, Middlesbrough-born writer Louise Powell. The book is set in 1998 in County Durham and is... Continue reading
Il Quarto Stato / The Fourth Estate by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868-1907) By Adam Page There is a silence, almost physically heavy, which settles over a... Continue reading
Gliff, by Ali Smith, Hamish Hamilton, 288pp, £18.99, is available here By Jenny Farrell The dystopian fiction of imperialism, which began with Jack London’s Iron Heel, has... Continue reading
By Emma Storr I enjoyed the variety of these seven stories written mainly in the first person. In the preface to the book the author explains that... Continue reading
Image: Public domain By Tom Sykes To Jardine, Matheson and Company, Sudder Street, Calcutta, British India April 7th 1877 We write to express our profound unease that large... Continue reading
Paul Laughlin reviews Jessamine O’Connor's novel 'Somewhere' that explores homelessness and drug addiction in Dublin and their effects on people's relationships. Continue reading
By Dennis Broe As Donald Trump threatens illegal moves that would further increase what is already a global catastrophe, and with Europe now openly discussing fuel rationing... Continue reading