Books: Rook by Jane Rusbridge
Rook is set in the enchanting coastal village of Bosham in Sussex, and Rusbridge paints the scene with rich descriptions of the sprawling shoreline and surrounding scenery. It opens with Nora’s sudden return home to Creek House, much to the disgruntlement of her mother Ada, who has an unstable grip on reality. The explanation for [...]
Books: Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall by William Ellsworth-Jones
Banksy is not a graffiti artist. To call him a graffiti artist is naïve and ignorant way to think about street art, and is, quite…
Books: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
1960’s rural England provides the backdrop to the opening of Kate Morton’s novel The Secret Keeper, within which we are introduced to Laurel, a sixteen…
Books: New Review: Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Taiye Selasi’s long-awaited debut is finally here. From the very beginning, it has been surrounded by hype, and with hype comes expectations that could easily…
Books: New Review: The Things We Know Now by Catherine Dunne
The Things We Know Now offers, as the title suggests, an example of the power of hindsight. However, this insightful novel confronts the crisis that…
Headingley Literary Festival 2013
March sees the literary masses descend upon Headingley for a month long celebration of all things bookish. Sean…
Books: Shakespeare’s Restless World by Neil MacGregor
Waltzing past a bookshop window, anything with ‘Shakespeare’ on the cover is guaranteed to keep you foxtrotting elsewhere.…
Books: A Working Theory Of Love by Scott Hutchins
A Working Theory Of Love doesn’t shy away from the big questions of life. Confronting love,…
Classic Of The Week: The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
It wasn’t the best title. In the bleak days of World War One, the last thing the…