Review

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction
Books

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood
Film

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
Books

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga
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168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga

Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory

100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound
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100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound

Film Club review – a well-observed, quirky family sitcom with heart
Lucy Sweet

Film Club review – a well-observed, quirky family sitcom with heart

The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans
Film

The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
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Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief's rippling effects
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The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief's rippling effects

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
Books

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story
Film

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story

The Colonel and The King by Peter Guralnick review – behind the myth of Elvis and his manager
Books

The Colonel and The King by Peter Guralnick review – behind the myth of Elvis and his manager

Why 'noodle dramas' like The Guest are just as enjoyable as 'caviar dramas' like Slow Horses
TV

Why 'noodle dramas' like The Guest are just as enjoyable as 'caviar dramas' like Slow Horses

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Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom
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Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic
Books

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic

Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson is an ice cool, unlikely hero
Film

Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson is an ice cool, unlikely hero

Hum by Helen Phillips review – a dystopian drama with emotional impact
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Hum by Helen Phillips review – a dystopian drama with emotional impact

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