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Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They’re much better than any column of political analysis.

Subcomandante Marcos

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Putting the ‘Who Dun It?’ back at the centre of hard-boiled crime fiction

15 December 2023 / 17

In the Anglo world, things generally get lumped together, but in the Francophone world the two kinds of crime fiction are worlds apart. One branch of French... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Fiction

Prophet Song: A wake-up call for the middle classes?

13 December 2023 / 15

Oh, oh, people of the earthListen to the warning the seer he said“Beware the storm that gathers here”Listen to the wise man.– The Prophet’s Song, Queen, 1975... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Their Blood-Soaked Liberty

9 December 2023 / 16

Socialist crime novels are perhaps not a genre that comes obviously to mind, either for those who read crime fiction or fans of the socialist novel. Yet... Continue reading

Phil Brett

Fiction

The Sikh Snowman

29 November 2023 / 14

A Christmas book for the child in your life, or in yourself……… Some snowmen had topknots. Some wore football scarves and skull caps. Some had veils over their... Continue reading

Owen Gallagher

Fiction

Class, gender and authority: the life and work of Dorothy Edwards

21 August 2023 / 15

Geoff Sawers introduces the life and work of Dorothy Edwards. Image above: Dorothy holding Dora Carrington’s cat, credit: King’s College, Cambridge, ref FCP/7/4/2/101 Born in 1902 or... Continue reading

Geoff Sawers

Fiction

Small Infinities

16 August 2023 / 14

Introduction By Fran Lock Small Infinities is an appropriate title for a book – and an author – so enamoured of outlandish juxtaposition, paradox, and contradiction. While... Continue reading

Paul Victor Tims

Fiction

Strumpet City, by James Plunkett

14 August 2023 / 15

The Dublin lockout of 1913 was one of the greatest industrial disputes in Irish history. The conflict between some 20,000 workers and 300 employers lasted from 26... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Love, mutual trust and solidarity: Chingiz Aitmatov, the Kyrgyzstan national writer

28 May 2023 / 14

One of the lasting effects of the continuing cultural Cold War against all socialist thought and culture is the West’s denial of the art of socialist countries.... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Returning the Screw

27 May 2023 / 13

Returning the Screw By P.V. Tims After Henry James Have you got a match? My name is Quint. And no, growing up with a name that sounds... Continue reading

Paul Victor Tims

Fiction

The Global Crime Novel: Worldwide Corruption and Chiseling

19 May 2023 / 15

The Global Crime Novel: Worldwide Corruption and Chiseling In a 1931 Warner Brothers made the film Blonde Crazy, in the pre-Code period where expression was raunchier and... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They’re much better than any column of political analysis.

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