Books
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Book ReviewsFilmish #2 by Edward Ross
Issue 2 of the occasional comics-as-film-criticism series Filmish is not only a great, entertaining read like the first one, but also a more refined product ... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
Book ReviewsFilmish #1 by Edward Ross
This nifty little comic is something of a labour of love by writer/artist Edward Ross. It presents 3 lectures by him on film theory in graphic form, and in t... Read more »| 24 May 2010 -
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The Rough Guide to Sex
Don't be fooled by the title: The Rough Guide to Sex is not a guide to rough sex, nor is it a primer on how to sort of vaguely do it. This book tells you eve... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
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The Valkyrie Song
Thanks to the continuing popularity of crime/detective fiction, these days it must be difficult for up-and-coming authors to find some new twist that... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Book ReviewsVoluntary Madness by Norah Vincent
Norah Vincent's account of her year admitted by choice to mental institutions in America is carefully articulated, yet personal. She talks realistica... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
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The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
This is a story to rival most works of fiction. Cesare Borgia, with the backing of his father (the Pope!), is trying to dominate Italy and create a f... Read more »| 06 May 2010
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Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter by Russell T.Davies and Benjamin Cook.
Comprising two and a half years' worth of emails between Doctor Who’s outgoing head writer Russell T Davies and fan journalist Ben Cook, readers are gi... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
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Would You Eat Your Cat? by Jeremy Stangroom
This book presents us with several ethical conundrums to get us to think about moral philosophy and how we see the world. The somewhat twee world of ... Read more »| 30 Apr 2010 -
Book ReviewsThe Diary of Miss Idilia
The Diary of Miss Idilia is classified as a ‘Memoir’ and certainly the facts are there and provide the basis for a terrific story, but the superf... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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Googled: The End of the World As We Know It
Few companies or products gain such a strong public prominence in the world that their name becomes a verb. Those that do have invariably pushed thro... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose
It's a horrible irony that the OED defines “pacific” as “characterized or tending to peace; tranquil”; between 1941 and 1945,... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
Features
Tell Me a Story...
Stories and tales, poems and ceilidhs, Music and dancing and opera for babies! There's a lot going on at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
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The Two Kinds of Decay
While still at college, Sarah Manguso caught what she thought was a head cold. A member of a choir with a solo in an upcoming concert, she fought it ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
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The Lilac Thief by Young Dawkins
The Lilac Thief is a collection of Young Dawkins’ spoken word beat poetry. Normally that description would indicate two strikes against –... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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The Nigger Factory by Gil Scott-Heron
It’s an incendiary title, but that’s just because it’s making an angry political point about the state of education for black Ameri... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010