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Moonraker: Ian Fleming
I am writing about James Bond and I can almost hear your groans from here. What is there that can possibly be left to be written about Britain’s favourite secret agent that hasn’t already been said a...
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Inspiration is everywhere
If there is one thing I have learnt from the last couple of weeks of reactions to the London Olympics on the social media sites, it is that you can look at event of this nature and see whatever takes...
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London belongs to… who?
If you haven’t yet read London Belongs To Me, Norman Collins’ epic tale of a South London street and its inhabitants, now might be a good time to do so. As dusk falls, the Park in the background...
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Man is the cruelest animal, Slave: Mende Nazer
Sometimes I do think for all the advancements of the contemporary world, we are no better than some of the horrors that have lived before us. We can look back at the history of slavery, the slave...
View ArticleThe Golden Notebook: Doris Lessing
There could be many potential answers to the question, ‘What is Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook about?’ Almost like a literary Rorschach test, what you find in its pages may reflect your own...
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Lonely Londoners review: Sam Selvon brings ’50s London to life
The 1956 Club inspired this The Lonely Londoners review, but although Sam Selvon vividly conveys ’50s London via a group of recently and not-so-recently arrived immigrants from the Caribbean, it is a...
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Jew Boy Review: Communism and protest in ’30s East London
I have been looking forward to this week’s prompt for Nonfiction November. Over to this week’s host, Julz at Julz Reads: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. It can be a “If you...
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Jolts: Fernando Sdrigotti
I loved Fernando Sdrigotti’s short story Jolts when it appeared in 3am Magazine in 2015. Now five years have whipped by and it was a treat to have the collection named Jolts arrive in the mail via an...
View ArticleThe Housing Lark review: Sam Selvon’s group of friends try their luck
October is Black History Month in the UK and so there is no better time to continue reading and loving Sam Selvon’s stories of the post-War Black Caribbean community in London. This The Housing Lark...
View ArticleAll that scratchin’ is makin’ me itch
I get a continued kick out of the fact that one of the most popular posts on this here ten minutes hate of mine continues to be the one called ‘stop being a sap!’ which features Joe Strummer’s words...
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