KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
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TOON TREASURE: Quayside, Newcastle
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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
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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?
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
THE AIM of Comma Press’s short-story series Reading the City is to convey the social, historical or political essence of a specific location and that’s certainly the case with The Book Of Newcastle.
Editors Zoe Turner and Angela Readman bring together 10 authors who offer unique vignettes of The
Toon. Some are born-and-bred Geordies, others are outsiders who found their way in and fell for its charm.
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