Golden Apple of the Sun by Teju Cole
strongest lockdown lit i’ve (yet) to encounter
strongest lockdown lit i’ve (yet) to encounter
an excellent early 80s hybrid text with a distressing – and violent – context
in the middle of another canadian winter, i depressingly read about a warm, interesting, place
interesting entry-level text about modern Japanese history
interesting book of the legal history of removing literary censorship
a mediocre history text then a pro-UBI, anti-“the Arts is special” rant
like a newspaper but a book… from 1965
historical documents on colonisation of Mexico translated from Nahuatl
great book on the history of subterranean poo tubes
lovely object with an essay on more than three things
the first part of a lauded comic about the weimar republic
an early novel from a writer who’d get more exciting with age
One of the most important and engaging novels I’ve ever read, a sprawling fictional exploration not of a specific person,Continue Reading
essential reading, especially if you’re a racist
Wonderful, massive, beautiful, biased.
What’s the difference between comics and cartoons?
US so vain, I bet you think Arab Spring is about you
Hipster military history: if you’re not cool, this isn’t for you…
I review a Lawrentian travel writing collection containing Twilight in Italy, Sea and Sardinia and Sketches of Etruscan Places.
Living in the city is bad for the soul
You are in a wooden hut in the depths of Siberia, thousands of miles from the lands of your ancestors.Continue Reading
Marie Sarita Gaytán is an American academic (an Assistant Professor of Sociology) and ¡Tequila!: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico is anContinue Reading
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth was a surprising literary hit of 2014. Not a “literary hit” in that it soldContinue Reading
The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin’s Betrayal of Russia is a very strange book. I read itContinue Reading
I’ve never read much philosophy. Technically JUST Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman. So, for me, reading Friedrich Nietzsche’sContinue Reading
Selina O’Grady’s And Man Created God is a non-fiction history book about the wider social, political and cultural background ofContinue Reading
I really like Virginia Woolf, and more than that I like the IDEA of liking Virginia Woolf. Pro-writing, pro-women, literaryContinue Reading
W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn is one of the strangest books I have read it a while. It isContinue Reading
Mount Vesuvius is big. It creaks over Naples from the southeast, with a threat made obvious by the fame ofContinue Reading
Please enjoy a lo-fi video I made during a day trip to Pompeii last weekend. I will write a fullContinue Reading
The Roman Forum is fantastic. Eerie, elegant, a little bit scary… Despite being full of other tourists and located inContinue Reading
This is a very serious book. It’s a deeply realist exploration of a single day in a Soviet-era prison camp,Continue Reading