Shooting Up: A History of Drugs in Warfare

Stuart Walton reviews a new history of narcotics and the various roles they have played in warfare. Łukasz Kamieński, Shooting Up: Continue reading →

Naturalism

Review by C. Derick Varn Wendy Xu, Naturalism (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2015) 41pp. C. Derick Varn reviews the latest chapbook Continue reading →

At the Existentialist Café

Review by Thomas L. Lynn, Jr. Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café – Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails (New York: Other Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Aubrey de Grey

Today the HKRB is delighted to run a special interview with none other than Aubrey de Grey, the internationally renowned author Continue reading →

A Poem for a Book 一詩一書

Review by Joel Swann Yoko Tawada, A Poem for a Book (Hong Kong: CUHK Press, 2015) Over the coming weeks Continue reading →

The British General Election of 2015

Review by James Smith Philip Cowley and Dennis Kavanagh, The British General Election of 2015 (Palgrave, 2016) 483pp. At the Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Jodi Dean

Jodi Dean, Crowds and Party (Verso Books, 2016), pp. 288. Interview by Alfie Bown. This week, Jodi Dean is the Continue reading →

Fools, Frauds & Firebrands

Review by Nadim Bakhshov Roger Scruton, Fools, Frauds & Firebrands (Bloomsbury, 2015), pp. 288 Standing in the shadows of Scruton’s Continue reading →