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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…

Comic Review: House of El Book One – The Shadow Threat

In House of El: The Shadow Threat, the first in a new YA graphic novel…

Theatre Review: Grimm Tales for Fragile Times and Broken People

Streamed live on Zoom, to an at-home audience encouraged to turn their lights off and…

Jumbo – Glasgow Film Festival Review

In Jumbo, a young woman named Jeanne (Noémi Merlant) falls in love with a fairground…

Riders of Justice – Glasgow Film Festival Review

When his wife is killed in a train accident, deployed soldier Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns…

Shorta – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Young Arabic immigrant Talib Ben Hassi (Jack Pedersen) lies in critical condition in the hospital…

The Mauritanian – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Mohamedou Ould Salahi (Tahar Rahim) was imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay for years, under…

Spring Tide – Glasgow Film Festival Review

“You two are incompatible”, says nine year-old Wanting (Junxi Qu), about her mother Jianbo (Hao…

Book Review: Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro

She just looked at her phone for a moment, and he was gone. Daniel’s mother…