Book Reviews

Book Review: Vicious Rumer by Joshua Winning

Joshua Winning’s bestselling thriller Vicious Rumer didn’t come about in the traditional way we think of when it comes to book publishing – rather than a publis... Read More...

Book Review: The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts

Alice Clark-Platts' psychological thriller The Flower Girls is a dark and unsettling story that makes reference to some famous real life crimes of a similar nat... Read More...

Book Review: Emily Eternal by M. G. Wheaton

Emily Eternal is an intriguing, engaging and cinematic book. Rather than easily being identified as sci-fi, it lives up to the broader categorisation of specula... Read More...

Book Review: The Swap by Fiona Mitchell

The Swap is a novel built on one key question: if you found out your child wasn’t biologically yours, what would you do? It’s a question that ends up creating m... Read More...

Book Review: Firefly – The Magnificent Nine by James Lovegrove

Firefly was a short lived TV series that, in part due to the Joss Whedon effect, became a cult series. It has spanned numerous iterations, including a movie, Se... Read More...

6 brilliant new books to read in April

Our top book picks this month range from chilling psychological thrillers to emotional dramas to evocative debuts. The genres, stories and characters are incred... Read More...

Book Review: The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem

‘Post Trumpian’ writing, if that’s the coined phrase yet, has been predominantly focussed on non-fiction titles in the past couple of years - Fire and Fury by M... Read More...

Book Review: Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy

Kate Clanchy has been teaching in schools for thirty years. In Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me, she tells the story of her most memorable pupils, and... Read More...

Book Review: Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Few books have been adapted as often, and in as many different ways, as Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. There have been prequels, sequels, complete reimagini... Read More...

Book Review: We Are Blood and Thunder by Kesia Lupo

YA fantasy is full of stories about mages, witchcraft and supernatural sorceresses, yet Kesia Lupo’s We Are Blood and Thunder feels unique from the prologue. Fu... Read More...

Book Review: Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke

Romantic comedies are always a bit hit-or-miss. Mushy, cringe-worthy and overly sentimental, they’ve been giving us unrealistic expectations of love and relatio... Read More...

Book Review: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts

Whether you’re experiencing it for the first time or reacquainting yourself with the Land of Oz, 2019 feels like the perfect year to travel down the yellow bric... Read More...

Film

My Days Of Mercy Review

Win the powerful drama Beautiful Boy on Blu-ray

Colette DVD Review

TV

Saying farewell to The Durrells – the most joyful British show on TV

The Society season 1 review: A teen drama that doesn’t completely tread the same old tropes

Why it took me so long to watch The Wire and why you should be watching it now

Music

Tōth – Practice Magic and Seek Professional Help If Necessary Review

Spotlight on Rhys Lewis

John Paul White – The Hurting Kind Review

Books

Book Review: Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett

Book Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

Book Review: The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly