STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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Rejoice
There’s a blend of traditional storytelling and bold experimentation with form in SARAH SCHOFIELD’S accessible and politically engaged story with a ‘sting-in-the-tail’ ending
INSISTENTLY PRESENT: In 1987 Margaret Thatcher wins herd third successive term of office
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
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
Introduction
SARAH SCHOFIELD’S first collection, Safely Gathered In, is a book about loss, grief, miscommunication, the emotional power of cultural detritus and characters at the end of their tether.
There’s a blend of traditional storytelling and bold experimentation with form.
Rejoice, an accessible and politically engaged story, draws these themes together and considers the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
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