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Book Review: Shipped by Angie Hockman

If romance novels offer up the best kind of escapism, then Angie Hockman really made…

The Columnist Review

Femke (Katja Herbers), a columnist for her local newspaper, is no stranger to death threats.…

Book Review: The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell

When I was just starting out as a writer, I would read Nell Frizzell’s articles…

Glasgow Film Festival 2021: the best of the rest of the fest

So many movies, so little time to write about them all. Here’s a brief round-up…

Moxie Review

Based on Jennifer Mathieu’s 2015 YA novel, Moxie is brought to life on Netflix, directed…

Online Theatre Review: Love in the Lockdown – Episodes 1 and 2

A year on from the development of the pandemic and the lead-up to the UK’s…

Surge – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Joseph (Ben Whishaw) mans the metal detectors at Stanstead Airport. He doesn’t have any friends,…

Book Review: Dog Days by Ericka Waller

Dog Days, the debut novel from Brighton based author Ericka Waller, follows three characters struggling…

March reads: 10 of the best new books published this month

The sun is shining, the daffodils are out, and we can – just about –…

Jennifer Anton on Mussolini’s Impact on Women and the Danger of History Repeating Itself

In 2006, when I started researching my grandmother’s life in Italy, I knew almost nothing…

Book Review: Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi

Twenty year-old Korean-American Jayne is just about holding it together. She lives in a tiny,…

Book Review: Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

The ten stories in Te-Ping Chen’s collection, Land Of Big Numbers, are all about modern…