JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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Should We Fall Behind by Sharon Duggal
Engrossing commentary on the woeful state of the nation
MAKING LINKS: Sharon Duggal
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
SHARON DUGGAL’S captivating debut novel The Handsworth Times was so successful because of its precise detailing of place and time.
For her second book, the author shows true creativity in doing quite the opposite but with equal success.
From the working-class south Asian community in Birmingham facing endemic racism in the 1980s in The Handsworth Times, Duggal shifts location to a nameless but vaguely contemporary city somewhere in England.
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