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Raekwon, From Staircase to Stage

WU-TANG legend RAEKWON reflects on career highlights – and lowlights – in new memoir

January 5, 2022

In his new memoir, Raekwon openly valorises himself for his achievements but is equally willing to lay his mistakes bare.

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Josep Maria Esquirol, The Intimate Resistance - credit Francesc Melcion

THE INTIMATE RESISTANCE: philosophical musings that intrigue and confound

December 8, 2021

Josep Maria Esquirol seems to make a deliberate effort to write as convolutedly as possible in The Intimate Resistance.

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Robert Irwin - The Runes Have Been Cast

Snobbery and the supernatural haunt Robert Irwin’s THE RUNES HAVE BEEN CAST

December 8, 2021

The Runes Have Been Cast is another strong offering from Robert Irwin in which the snobbery ends up being scarier than the supernatural. 

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 22, 2021

In between titles offering broadsides against, respectively, bad food on trains and Welsh neoliberalism, we find novels about Turkish gangsters in London, a world without working electricity and a man who get uploaded into his group chat...

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 28, 2021

Relationship drama, an experimental Welsh novel, Greek mythology updated for the celeb era, the cultural implications of Chinese ear-cleaning and an illicit tryst in a summer house...

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BEYOND THE BORDER | FESTIVAL REVIEW

July 13, 2021

Alex Payne dives into the wide world of live storytelling at Beyond The Border, a Carmarthenshire festival making a triumphant return for 2021, witnessing the likes of Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Will Pound and Stars And Their Constellations.

Region: West Wales
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THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 25, 2021

BEARTOOTH Below (Red Bull) Once a mere solo project for the band’s lead singer Caleb Shomo, Beartooth has exploded into a titan of the melodic hardcore genre in a matter …

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 23, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   CAN THE MONSTER SPEAK? Paul B. Preciado [trans. Frank Wynne] (Fitzcarraldo Editions) In 2019, Paul B. Preciado [pictured, top – credit Marie …

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 16, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   CWEN Alice Albinia (Serpent’s Tail) Women have daringly populated a lonely archipelago off the coast of Britain, dominating all aspects of what …

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

May 26, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   ADORABLE Ida Marie Hede (Lolli) In the physical sense alone, Adorable is a beautiful book. A minimalist graphic decorates the cover, the …

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

April 21, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   BROTHERHOOD Mohamed Mbougar Sarr [trans. Alexia Trigo] (Europa Editions) Brotherhood is an award-winning blurring of the lines between fact and fiction, written …

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

March 10, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   BOY ON FIRE: THE YOUNG NICK CAVE Mark Mordue (Allen & Unwin) With Bad Seeds gigs repeatedly pushed further into the ether …

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