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‘Review’ Posts
word up
28th May, 2011 by Serena
Over the last 31 years, renowned lit mag Granta has published 115 issues on topics from “The Rolling Stones” to “War Zones” , as well as the “best of” collections it’s famous for. This is the first time it has turned its beady eye to feminism, declaring “it’s more than unmade beds and laundry; it’s more than [...]
Love hurts
15th January, 2011 by Katie
The Almeida Theatre’s new comedy, “Becky Sharp” by Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo was a storming success in the US and it’s brought bucketfuls of NYC sass across the pond. It’s the story of neurotic, high-maintenance Susie, grieving her “useless” alcoholic father whom she idolised. Max was the boy brought up by her family after [...]
Telling tales
31st December, 2010 by Hannah B
There aren’t many books which mention masturbation in the first paragraph. But the brave opening of I Killed Scheherezade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman (Saqi Books) sets the scene for the whole book: Joumana Haddad writes about who she is, and what she is, in a compelling and bold manner. Haddad lived through the [...]
Blow by blow
8th December, 2010 by Anushka Tay
“I would rather turn to magazine archives to discover Isabella’s character than this biography”: Anushka reviews Blow by Blow.
The science bit
16th November, 2010 by Hannah Eiseman-Renyard
I’d only read the introduction to Dr Cordelia Fine’s book Delusions of Gender when I found myself listing people I wanted to make read it at gunpoint.