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Mistaking Marx
RUTH THRUSH on the labour of reading and translating Capital.
6 days ago7 min read


Re-rooting
HADASSAH WILLIAMS on Jason Allen-Paisant and (re-)relating to the land.
Apr 36 min read

Hinges, Keyholes and Card Games
OLIVIA SANDHU on A E Stallings and ‘winding up’ poems with classical allusion.
Mar 237 min read


In Review: The Ways of Paradise
JOSH ABBEY - Cornell’s phantastic metafiction, in review.
Mar 107 min read


In Review: Dream Count
SARAH MOORHOUSE - A powerhouse Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in review.
Mar 35 min read


Beyond Bare Life
MATILDA SIDEL - Women in Dark Times, in review.
Feb 257 min read

HOW TO SPUR THE MOMENT
Hourani’s poetry is as meditative as it is proactive: it finds in the poet’s prerogative to organise a method of resistance.Â
Oct 30, 20246 min read


Sally Rooney in Captivity
COCO COTTAM - Sally Rooney’s new book wriggles under new (and old) constraints.
Oct 12, 20246 min read


Free Them All
SARA ELBANNA - Egypt's climate activists dream of a future beyond capitalism
Jan 20, 20237 min read


Murakami, Incorporated
SARAH MOORHOUSE - Penning a personal brand as a 21st Century author
Jan 15, 20237 min read


Ear to the Earth
EAR TO THE EARTH - On Esther Kinsky's earthquake wake
Jan 15, 20237 min read


Worthy of Attention
LUCY THYNNE - George Saunders embraces his kind absurdity
Jan 15, 20236 min read


Town and Gown
JOSHUA TAYLOR - Reconsidering the University in the age of culture wars
Jan 15, 20238 min read


Blank Signs
CHARLIE TAYLOR - Russia’s independent media during the war with Ukraine.
Jan 13, 20238 min read

Pond Crossing
PAIGE ALLEN - Albanese and Kingsolver explore old novels in new places
Jan 7, 20238 min read


Beware the Ides of Marche
NICOLÃ’ VERTECCHI - The long view behind the rise of Georgia Meloni's Fratelli D'Italia
Jan 6, 20237 min read


Music of Resistance
ADAM POSSENER - Warsaw Autumn and the politicisation of the Avant-Garde.
Jan 4, 20237 min read


Two Hearts
TARA SALLABA - Integration and alienation amongst Germany’s Turkish diaspora.
Jan 2, 20236 min read


Essaying Identity
SARAH MOORHOUSE explores the role essays play in answering questions about identity.
Sep 7, 20228 min read


Never Grow Old
DUNCAN WHEELER - The Abba Avatars Party On
Jul 19, 20225 min read
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