What’s in the Air? A new graphic novel rises
VICTORIA KINGHAM Artist Jude Montague, ever interested in the history of radio and TV, has produced a lively and sometimes extraordinary graphic novel, detailing the beginnings of radio in Manchester. […]
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BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: Establishment and Fascism
If We Tolerate This By Daniel TrillingPublished by Picador, 2026, rrp £14.99REVIEW BY TIM BARTON This timely book is subtitled ‘How the British establishment made the Far Right respectable’. A […]
Poetry Corner: Queen Victoria’s Hat
TIM BARLOW One day I’ll climb the Empire State with you To fly a flag and go down on one knee But just for now our love is clandestine This […]
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: Challenging the Hope Deficit
Making A MovementBy Barney CullumPublished by Acropolis, 2023, rrp £14.99REVIEW BY TIM BARTON Those paying attention to world affairs today know there is something of a ‘hope’ deficit. It is […]
Poetry Corner: writing my will on the toilet
PETE DONOHUE i’m writing my will on the toilet drinking strong coffee laden with whiskey waiting for that familiar movement of mind & bowels when i’ll think about what i […]
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: Oil be Damned Part Six
The Future of Agriculture By Sarah BearchellPublished by Icon Books, 2025, rrp £10.99REVIEW BY TIM BARTON This book is pretty good on the crises that are coming, yet a bit […]
Poetry Corner: Hastings Fishing Bar
PETE DONOHUE gulls standing sentinel on net shop apex queens & kings of black boarded jungle charabancs rattle over pot-holed pathways laden with freshly scooped silver sea fish beach boats […]
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW: On the Trail of Jack-In-The-Green
Hellebore No.15: ‘The Green Issue’Available from Bookbuster, £7.99REVIEW BY TIM BARTON In 1977 Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull penned his classic song Jack-In-The-Green. His ‘Jack’ ‘quietly sits under every tree’, […]
Poetry Corner
NEVER AGAIN OLI SPLEEN Overwhelmed by a world That will not hear the cries That twists the truth That lies That gaslights and denies Enables genocide In self-defence disguise Labelling […]
HIP BOOK REVIEW: Unashamedly Subjective and Personal
Sheila: Portrait of an Unknown ArtistBy Teresa ThornhillPublished by Dornberger books, £14REVIEW BY FELICITY LAURENCE Sheila Denning was a brilliant painter who lived during the twentieth century, from 1920 to […]