National Treasure: Nicolas Cage

Stephen Lee Naish is shaking the Cage to discuss the often memed actor and his originality. Lindsay Gibb, National Treasure: Continue reading →

Inter/Nationalism

Karl Hardy reviews Salaita’s latest, arguing for an internationalism to combat oppression and dominant forms of national identity. Steven Salaita, Inter/Nationalism: Continue reading →

Laughter of the Sphinx

C Derick Varn reviews Michael Palmer’s latest, discussing unsolvable riddles and barbarism in poetry today. Michael Palmer, Laughter of the Sphinx (New Continue reading →

The Weird and The Eerie

James Rushing Daniel reviews the late Mark Fisher’s final book, discussing the limits of Freud and of human agency. Mark Continue reading →

RAIN: Four Walks in English Weather

Leo Cookman reviews a new Faber collection that critiques the relationship between Britain, weather and complaining. Melissa Harrison, RAIN: Four Walks Continue reading →

Triptych

Adam Steiner explores Repeater’s new profound and visceral exploration of the Manic Street Preachers. Rhian E Jones, Daniel Lukes & Larissa Continue reading →

Common Ground

Marcel Kruger on walking, observation, global warming and the new flâneur in Rob Cowen’s Common Ground. Rob Cowen, Common Ground Continue reading →

The Jokes

Stephen Lee Naish on Stephen Thomas’s latest, comparing jokes on the stage with jokes on the page and asking whether Continue reading →