Are we being Conn-ed?
Copy: Metro, summer 2012 My last post of a not very post-ful summer (sorry about that) mused on how £40 was far too much for Fulham Vs Norwich. It certainly was if you were a […]
BOOKS
How not to kill The Killing
Copy: The National May 2012, The Observer June 2012 Don’t worry, I’m not going to add to the millions of column inches and blogs waxing lyrical about the Danish crime drama Forbrydelsen and detective Sarah […]
Edgelands nominated for Ondaatje prize
It’s not the most high-profile of literary awards, but it must surely be the most esoteric. The Ondaatje Prize is awarded each year to the “book of the highest literary merit – fiction, non-fiction, poetry […]
A spring of Arab fiction
Copy: The National, Gulf Life, Vision, The Observer This spring I’ve been busy with the International Prize For Arabic Fiction – colloquially known as the Arabic Booker – for a number of publications. First I spoke […]
Keija Parssinen’s inside track on Saudi life
Copy: The National 13/03/12 >> CNN published an interesting story today on Saudi women. Entitled Pampered or Oppressed, it highlights the case of Samar Badawi, who served seven months in jail simply for disobeying her father. […]