Fiction

Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They're much better than any column of political analysis.

Subcomandante Marcos

Friday, 29 January 2016 10:43

Book Review: Comrades Come Rally

Written by Ian Birchall

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Ian Birchall reviews Phil Brett's novel, Comrades Come Rally, which imagines the development of a revolutionary situation in Britain. Three centuries ago Voltaire lamented that for every one person who read the philosopher Locke, there were a hundred reading Oriental romances. Voltaire’s response was to write Candide, an adventure story…

revolution Crime fiction

Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:51

Keep Calm and Nostalgic

Written by Ross Bradshaw

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Ross Bradshaw keeps calm while reviewing Owen Hatherley's latest book of essays on nostalgia. This set of essays starts with the well-known image, in Gill Sans type, with a crown at the top and plain lettering saying KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. This annoying slogan, Hatherley found, seemed to follow…

Nostalgia Lubetkin Housing

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 22 January 2016 23:33

Murder, Mavericks and Marxism

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Written by Phil Brett

Phil Brett looks analyses crime fiction from a socialist perspective. You don’t need to be a professor of English to know that crime fiction is very popular at the moment. Look at the W.H Smith top sellers for 2015 and you’ll find eleven out of the twenty are crime/thriller novels;…

Crime fiction

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:53

Tyneside Story

in Fiction

Written by Pat McGee

They were gathered together in the rehearsal room - actors, directors, backstage workers for an out of the ordinary meeting. Alf Simpson was there, in his 40s now, not leading man material, but he had been with the People's Theatre for ten years or more. He had a moustache -…

Tyneside

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 23 December 2015 19:26

Short Story: Ark of Salvation

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Written by Muhanned Mohamed Khorshid

In my old smelly socks, I place personal papers and some money notes wrapped in remnants of plastic bag to avoid its destruction from seawater. The night gets dark when the smuggler informs us that the trafficking ark is near the shore and that tonight we have to be careful…

ark refugees

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