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LITERATURE


‘The Use of Photography’: Practising Aesthetic Intimacy
Photo by Artemis McMaster-Christie Gorgeous and raw, The Use of Photography , by Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, and the once obscure...
Artemis McMaster-Christie
Feb 135 min read


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...
Hannah Tang
Nov 5, 20243 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...
Dan Ramos Lay
Oct 21, 20245 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....
Maddalena Luberti
Oct 10, 20244 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’...
Lydia Bruce
Oct 4, 20242 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...
Eve Williams
Oct 1, 20243 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 ,...
Faraz Rezai
Sep 30, 20243 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...
Almas Hayat
Aug 28, 20245 min read


The Feminist Book Club Back with Freya Bromley, Author of 'The Tidal Year'
Against the backdrop of a beautiful sunset on the rooftop of AllBright Mayfair — a club for women, run by women — on the 18th of April,...
Ayushi Goel
Jun 21, 20244 min read
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