Books
Bust?: Saving the Economy, Democracy and our Sanity by Robert Peston and Kishan Koria- Review
"So long as we have an economic system geared towards the accumulation of wealth rather than the acquisition of it, inequalities will continue to widen"
Book recommendations from the editors’ desk
"It’s rare that I find non-fiction to be such a page-turner, but Tara Westover’s autobiography was just that."
Greg Heffley: A Hero of Our Time
Few modern comic heroes align with our distinctive age – an age which Dickens’s...
The man of the moment: Review of Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin
"Baldwin does his best to humanise Starmer and to deflate the view of him as “Mr Boring”."
Review: Chaucer Here and Now, Weston Library
"Mansplaining scribes, scandalised censors, and unfinished endings. Even from day one, there is no stable and single Chaucer."
The Death and Resurrection of Z-Library
"Z-Library opened up doors for people who were barred by too many locked doors."
Of Libraries, With Love
"Here we are in a city of libraries, and it is never enough."
My Favourite Childhood Book: Anne of Green Gables
"Anne is such an iconic figure in children’s literature that I’m sure many relate to my enjoyment of her character"
On Russian History
"The concern with history as a way of understanding the past purveys much of this book."
Have A Hot Girl Hilary!
Deborah Ogunnoiki reviews Oloni's sex guide The Big O on how to have a healthy sex life, just in time for 'Hot Girl Hilary'.
Babel, or the Beauty of Multilingualism
Emerald Ace-Acquah reflects on the complexities of language, colonisation, and power, as explored in R. F. Kuang's new novel.
Spare – Is Harry’s book another step in the road to a United Republic?
"It is possible, therefore, to feel intensely sorry for Harry, treated as he has been, without forgiving him for this very public falling out with the nation."
Things Forough Farrokhzad taught me
"She taught me never to be ashamed of living a bold life"
Why Isn’t Dystopian Fiction Fun Anymore?
"I wonder if the dystopian novels that we read...are really so far off from our own reality"
Irmgard Keun’s normal superwomen
Lori Latour reviews the life and work of the 20th century German novelist Irmgard Keun.
“The world outside our window”: Musings on Marvel
It was recently announced that Penguin Classics would be publishing special editions of certain Marvel comic books. The comics will be part of a...
In conversation with Francesca Tacchi
Any book that begins with the sentence “Every day is a good day to kill Nazis” is bound to catch my interest. Luckily for...
Netflix’s Newest Sweetheart
Originally posted as a webcomic series on Tumblr in 2019, Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper became an instant hit. It has been adored internationally for its...
Maxim Biller and Ukraine: The resignation of a German-Jewish author?
I am well aware that for the sake of switching off from university, or from the cruel news about Ukraine, it is better to...