The Post-Apocalyptic Catharsis of Jacqueline Harpman’s ‘I Who Have Never Known Men’
The state of not knowing is one of eternal limbo. To be born into a world beyond human understanding, caught delicately between a...
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Dan Ramos Lay
Oct 205 min read
Contemporary Chronicling: In Conversation with Ted Hodgkinson Ahead of the London Literature Festival
“ We love words .” When preparing for my interview with Ted Hodgkinson, head of literature and spoken word at the Southbank Centre, I...
Maddalena Luberti
Oct 94 min read
Voices of Resilience: Confronting Censorship in the Arts
The sound of Ahmed Adnan’s oud warmed the brutalist walls of the Barbican’s Cinema 1 as Comma Press presented Voices of Resilience....
Lydia Bruce
Oct 32 min read
It's Called 'Beloved' For A Reason: Toni Morrison's Masterpiece
Released in 1987, like a caged bird freed from the silencing of Americas Post-Colonial slave trade, Toni Morrison’s third novel ‘Beloved’...
Eve Williams
Oct 13 min read
Kitchen Confidential (Insider’s Edition): Bourdain’s Beautifully Brutal Memoir On Life Behind The Kitchen Door
I have just read Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential for the first time and it’s like nothing I have read before. Perhaps a similar...
Faraz Rezai
Sep 293 min read
“All grownups were once children - though few of them remember it”: The Little Prince and the Absurdity of Adulthood
Last week, the King’s World Literature Society kicked off their first book club of the year with an introduction to The Little Prince ,...
Almas Hayat
Aug 285 min read
More Than A Love Story: Normal People, Revisited
Although Sally Rooney’s hit novel ‘Normal People’ was released in 2018, it has had a slight renaissance in the past couple years in the...
The Strand Magazine
Dec 1, 202310 min read
STRAND Magazine Arts and Culture Roundup 2023: Our Top Picks From This Year
Image courtesy of Ian Schneider via Unsplash (licensed under Unsplash License) It's the most wonderful time of the year, as I'm sure the...
Iesa Rahman
Nov 14, 20236 min read
The Grey and Green: Victorian Imagery in Dishonored
Dishonored offers a unique perspective on the Victorian era, blending themes of morality, class struggles, and patriarchy.
Ellie Dempster
Oct 30, 20234 min read
Birdsong
Photo by Grigoriy on Pexels When the birds in the trees sang in the morning I decided to leave, I listened. Their singing, I’ve heard,...
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