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Brace yourselves for the deluge
IAN SINCLAIR draws attention to the powerful role that literature plays in foreseeing the way humanity will deal with climate crisis
Crime fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction with Mat Coward: April 1, 2025
High quality pulp, rollicking online murders, Abnorman Britain, and high skates drama: reviews of The Get Off, Everyone In The Group Chat Dies, Pagans and First To Fall
Opera Review
Opera Review
In search of Greta things
STEF LYONS is stirred by a new opera that toys with ecological themes, but doesn’t get properly polemical
Decoding Network TV
Decoding Network TV
On not speaking truth to power
DENNIS BROE notes what happens to content when the streaming giants incorporate AI and deregulation into their economic models
Music
Music
Album reviews with Michal Boncza: March 31, 2025
New releases from The Tenementals, Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, and Kuunatic
Books
Books
Resistance is not futile
RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII
Opinion
Opinion
Ta for noticing
The Chinese language only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one, suggests JANET DAVEY
Books
Books
Game changing
SCOTT ALSWORTH hears the call to burn down and rebuild the video game industry from the bottom up
Book Review
Book Review
Where Gaza came from
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
Books
Books
Class exercise
JOHN GREEN recommends an entertaining, if harsh and instructive, study of bullying, discipline and power dynamics in schools and at work
