ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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Hotel Braverman
by Hilaire
KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
New releases from Laura Veirs, The Waterboys, and Yard Act
Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Think Bleak House
crossed with Wuthering Heights;
your destination reached
after an epic and tortuous journey.
Please leave your humanity at the door.
Your every need will be ignored.
Comfort can be found
among your fellow guests,
like-minded people who share
a penchant for horror stories.
Or lose yourself gazing
at the vast and barren vistas
surrounding your home away from home.
Check in is open round the clock.
Check out is a foreign concept.
Please enjoy your stay
and our very British welcome.
Hilaire is a creative writer and has lived in London for over 30 years, runs creative workshops and guided walks round Battersea. London Undercurrents is co-authored with Joolz Sparkes, Holland Park Press, 2019.
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