Metro, November 22 Jonathan Coe’s body of enjoyable, socially-conscious novels largely interrogate politics, class and work via family saga. He’s set himself quite the task this time, a seven decades-long state of the nation survey […]
Introductory essay for Leigh’s latest show at The Nine British Art. October 22 Really enjoyed visiting Leigh Davis again in his Staffordshire studio and writing the introductory essay in the catalogue for his latest exhibition at […]
Alan Moore’s short stories enchant, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s dynastic history illuminates and Paul Morley’s biography of Tony Wilson is a moving portrait of Manchester. The Observer, October 2022 Illuminations Alan MooreBloomsbury, £20, pp464 Alan Moore’s […]
The fourth novel by the chatshow host is a darkly comic Irish domestic drama that has emotional depth but is undemanding. The Observer, September 2022 When Graham Norton surprised the literary world with his adept […]
Hadara, September 2022 Like many, Mohammed Alnaas occupied himself during Covid-19 lockdowns by baking and writing. But the Libyan novelist came out of the pandemic with an International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his debut… […]