THE BLACK CAULDRON | BOOK REVIEW
William Heinesen, trans. by G.W. Jones (Dedalus Books) William Heinesen was a 20th century author, painter and poet from the Faroe Islands, and is perhaps the most well-respected literary figure …
William Heinesen, trans. by G.W. Jones (Dedalus Books) William Heinesen was a 20th century author, painter and poet from the Faroe Islands, and is perhaps the most well-respected literary figure …
14 High St, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk Food *** Atmosphere ***** For the hungry gig-goers of Newport, one essential ingredient has been missing when visiting the city’s best music …
PAPERS, PLEASE **** Lucas Pope, PC Indie developer Lucas Pope’s dystopian border control puzzle thriller is a lot more fun than it sounds. You play a border force officer responsible …
Fleur Jaeggy, Trans: Tim Parks (And Other Stories) Sometimes less really is more, and Fleur Jaeggy’s novel, Sweet Days of Discipline exemplifies this. Though it’s a considerably short piece by usual standards …
GLASS MOUNTAIN *** Wow & Flutter (Hide & Seek) The followup to the Bradford four piece’s debut album feels quite similar, with weary melancholic refrains and spacious arrangements that carry …
C.J. Tudor (Michael Joseph Books) On the surface, the small market town of Alderbury, near Bournemouth, seems like a peaceful place to grow up. At least so it appears to …
Pontcanna Street, Cardiff 029 2023 5666 / www.fishat85.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere **** This former fish restaurant/mongers, trading as Fish At 85 since 2011, has been gutted of its centrepiece fish …
BARDO POND **** Volume 8 (Fire) Astral travellers Bardo Pond return with their latest batch of introspective songs wrapped in a gauze of fuzz and echo. It feels like business …
Lee Byrne (Y Llolfa) If your preconceptions of sporting autobiographies involves repetitive stories of getting drunk with the lads and various other tiresome escapades then sadly The Byrne Identity, the …
ALIEN STADIUM **** Livin’ In Elizabethan Times (Double Six) Steve Mason, who used to be in the Beta Band, and Primal Scream’s Martin Duffy have collaborated on this pretty damn …
Rainald Goetz, trans: Adrian Nathan West (Fitzcarraldo) Never has a book title been so apt. Insane is an enjoyable and extremely disturbing examination of everyday life in an asylum. Originally published …
César Aira, trans: Chris Andrews (And Other Stories) Although the narrator is not explicitly declared to be César Aira, The Lime Tree certainly seems to be a fictionalised autobiography of the Argentinian …