Labour disputes and classroom discussions of Aristotle are not the first subjects which spring to mind when considering what makes a gripping work of fiction. Yet Stephen Grant’s debut novel, A Moment More Sublime, has both […]
Books | Sex and the Citadel – Reconsidering attitudes towards sexuality in the Arab world
The Middle East is present in media outlets everyday yet, in the West, sexuality in Arab culture is still only tentatively discussed. The difficult subject matter is made accessible to all readers as Shereen El […]
Books | Cheat's guide to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Everyone loves a good bonnet, but if you’re weary of Wuthering Heights or feeling jaded by Jane Eyre, here’s an alternative from the ‘other’ Brontë: Anne. Who? Gilbert Markham:A young single farmer whose epistolary narrative provides […]
Books | The Fields – You’ll laugh, cry and remember your own time as a teenager
Anyone with even a drop of Irish blood will recognise the scenes in Kevin Maher’s honest, unpretentious and highly entertaining tale of 13-year-old Jim Finnegan’s formative years in 1980s Dublin. But, even for those without […]