MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
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Writer of speculative fiction GRAHAM JOYCE died last year and his legacy, says Andy Hedgecock, combines magical elements with a commitment to developing a new
and deeper understanding of human experience and potential
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
WHEN the Leicester-based writer Graham Joyce died of cancer last September, we lost a great writer and committed, lifelong socialist.
Joyce, who grew up in a Midlands mining community, quit his job as a youth worker in the dark days of Thatcherism and set off for Greece to try to forge a career as a writer.
He went on to win the British Fantasy Award for best novel six times, the O Henry Award for short fiction and the World Fantasy Award. Joyce hated the Tories as a young man and his position never shifted. Last year, in spite of being terminally ill, he drew up an online petition calling for the sacking of Michael Gove as education secretary which gathered nearly 150,000 signatures.
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