IQRA AHMAD defends the importance of public libraries, particularly in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, Walsall’s council leader Mike Bird weighed..
Review: ‘Looking for Bloomsbury’s Lost Book Shops’ at the Bloomsbury Festival
ADLEE HESHMAT reviews an online discussion about the lost bookshops of Bloomsbury, which was part of the 2020 Bloomsbury Festival’s literary programme. Beyond the..
Mary Wollstonecraft: The Silver Barbie Doll of North London?
ANNA DANG contemplates whether Maggi Hambling’s new statue of Mary Wollstonecraft does justice to the writer and activist’s legacy. London is a city that..
Review: ‘Unfinished Business’ at the British Library
FRANCESCA KURLANSKY reviews Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights at the British Library. ‘Girls are powerful’ These are the first words you..
ANNA DANG reviews American writer Avni Doshi’s novel, Burnt Sugar, which has been shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize. There’s nothing quite like a..
Review: ‘The Secret Diary of Bloomsbury: Live!’ at the Bloomsbury Festival
ISABEL JACKSON reviews ‘The Secret Diary of Bloomsbury: Live!’ event from this year’s Bloomsbury Festival ‘It wasn’t just me. There are friends in the..
Review: Bloomsbury Festival’s ‘London Street Signs’
ANNA DANG reviews Alistair Hall’s London Street Signs event from the literary programme at this year’s Bloomsbury Festival. For those who are unfamiliar with..
ALEX HEWITT considers the relationship between masculinity, blackness, and queer identity in Brandon Taylor’s Real Life, which is shortlisted for the 2020 Booker prize. ..
MAYA WILSON AUTZEN champions Mona Eltahawy’s 2015 polemic, which challenges Arabic misogyny and calls for an urgent sexual revolution. I recently finished Mona Eltahawy’s book..
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