Mark Renton’s life gears into life with eight birthday cards from girly-wirlies that don’t even include his mum and sister, in Irvine Welsh’s monstrosity of a prequel to Trainspotting. ‘Sweet as you fucking well like.’ […]
Classic of the Week: New Grub Street by George Gissing
‘To write – was not that the joy and the privilege of one who had an urgent message for the world?’ Well this is an inspiring tale for us young journos. New Grub Street […]
Classic of the week: Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Peter Perkins reviews 19th century Parisian skulduggery in this week’s Classic of the Week. Guy de Maupassant was perhaps better known in his country as a waiter and short story writer, but here he […]