• 9 May 2025

    To BBC or not to BBC?

    Populists who attack the BBC don’t understand the values that underpin something fundamentally important to British life – the culture of ...
  • Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri
    15 August 2024

    A time and a place

    Jhumpar Lahiri’s Whereabouts is an exquisite examination of one single woman’s life. The short chapters form a series of vignettes, droppi...
  • Peripheries 3
    2 March 2024

    Peripheries

    How boys (blue) versus girls (red) used the space in a playground in Catalunya in Spain While men are mostly focusing on the path ahead, women are sca...
  • I Remain in Darkness Annie Ernaux
    16 April 2023

    How can I survive that kiss?

    Parent-child relationships are complex and never more so than when the roles become reversed. Annie Ernaux presents the sparse truth in I Remain in Da...
  • The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
    24 April 2022

    Love and power

    Irreverent, funny story that reminded me of my own mother, who dabbled in astrology and tarot cards before becoming fanatically religious with a hotli...

To BBC or not to BBC?

Populists who attack the BBC don’t understand the values that underpin something fundamentally important to British life – the culture of collective endeavour operating without vested interest or favour. It…

Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri

A time and a place

Jhumpar Lahiri’s Whereabouts is an exquisite examination of one single woman’s life. The short chapters form a series of vignettes, dropping few clues about where this woman lives and what…

Peripheries 3

Peripheries

How boys (blue) versus girls (red) used the space in a playground in Catalunya in Spain While men are mostly focusing on the path ahead, women are scanning the peripheries…

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