Graham Stevenson reviews the recent In Our Time radio programme about George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Melvyn Bragg’s discursive radio series, In Our Time, recently considered Orwell’s Animal... Continue reading
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Dr. Lucy Pearson explores the radical potential of fanfiction for young readers and other marginalised groups, especially in a media environment which is still focused on the... Continue reading
Professor Anne Duggan explores the history of classical fairy tales and their double-sided relationship with class, whereby they both ‘evade and compensate for a dire social reality’,... Continue reading
John Green introduces the life of Jack London. There is a hullabaloo around the quincentenary this year of Shakespeare’s death, but Jack London’s centenary appears to have... Continue reading
Professor Kim Reynolds introduces radical children’s literature, and says the time has come when children can become radical writers as well as radical readers. Many people think of... Continue reading
Snig was always losing things. One day he lost his hat. The next day he lost his umbrella. When he put things down, he forgot where he... Continue reading
Ross Bradshaw keeps calm while reviewing Owen Hatherley’s latest book of essays on nostalgia. This set of essays starts with the well-known image, in Gill Sans type,... Continue reading
Phil Brett looks analyses crime fiction from a socialist perspective. You don’t need to be a professor of English to know that crime fiction is very popular... Continue reading
They were gathered together in the rehearsal room – actors, directors, backstage workers for an out of the ordinary meeting. Alf Simpson was there, in his 40s... Continue reading
In my old smelly socks, I place personal papers and some money notes wrapped in remnants of plastic bag to avoid its destruction from seawater. The night... Continue reading
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