May 31, 2018 A Dead Rose by Aurora Cáceres Translation, Foreword & Notes by Laura Kanost Reviewed by Karen Langley The female form is often idealised in art and media, from classical sculptures…
May 29, 2018 House of Beauty by Melba Escobar Translated by Elizabeth Bryer Reviewed by Basil Ransome Davies Each time I walk into town from my house I pass at least one nail/beauty…
May 29, 2018 Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima Translated by Geraldine Harcourt Reviewed by Annabel This latest addition to Penguin Classic’s expanding list of new translations in an upmarket paperback format is…
May 24, 2018 Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries, ed. Martin Edwards Reviewed by Karen Langley Golden Age crime, which has had such a revival recently, is renowned for particular tropes and settings; the country house…
May 22, 2018 Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives: The First 1000 Years by Chase F. Robinson A beautiful object, as you can see from the cover image, this is published to be an accessible introduction to pre-modern Islam, looking at…
May 17, 2018 Review of The Akeing Heart by Peter Haring Judd Review by Simon How you approach The Akeing Heart will depend largely on how familiar you are with the names Sylvia Townsend Warner, Valentine…
May 8, 2018 Souvenir (Object Lessons) by Rolf Potts Review by Liz Dexter This book is part of the Object Lessons series, which exists to highlight the hidden lives of ordinary things. This…
May 3, 2018 Tangerine by Christine Mangan Reviewed by Annabel They say that in Tangier, the local hustlers have clocked all the new arrivals within hours – this is what I…
May 3, 2018 Happiness by Aminatta Forna Review by Lucy Unwin “You know how it is with white people. You say it’s race, they tell you you are mistaken. Then they…
May 1, 2018 Our Place: Can we save Britain’s wildlife before it is too late? by Mark Cocker Review by Peter Reason When I was a small boy, back in the 1950s, we were taken on Sunday School outings to the seaside….
