The Quiddity of Will Self by Sam Mills
This book is unlike any other I’ve read. That, in itself, is a reason I’m glad I read it. In a world in which…
Giveaway: Crow by Ted Hughes
Happy Friday! Today I’m giving away a free copy of Crow, a beautiful collection of poems by Ted Hughes. How to enter…
What is History?
I used to treat books like sacred relics. I would read them carefully, never making notes in the margin or dog-earing the…
Ten years ago: Why I Protest
This post is part of a series of stories and articles I wrote exactly ten years ago, on this day in 2003.…
First unsolicited review
With the official launch of A Virtual Love still a couple of weeks away, it was nice to go on Amazon the…
A Very British Blog Tour 2013
I was tagged recently by Maria Savva as part of ‘A Very British Blog Tour’. The idea is to introduce readers to more British writers. I don’t really…
Recovering Bookchin
I read Murray Bookchin’s Social Ecology and Communalism a year or so ago, and in my review I asked for recommendations of…
The Crises of Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism has come under increasing attack in the past two decades. It began with a backlash against affirmative action in the US…