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Booker Prize 2023 - Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

I finished Prophet Song by Paul Lynch a few weeks ago, but I could not sit down and write up my thoughts about this novel right away,...

The Visibility Trap: Sexism, Surveillance and Social Media by Mary McGill

Whether we like it or not, social media has become an integral part of our daily lives and social interactions. The technologies have...

Winter by Ali Smith

The seasons have changed, from Ali Smith’s Autumn but we are still in contemporary Britain and therefore still in political turmoil. Four...

Autumn by Ali Smith

‘It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.’ I love a good opening line. And how true, describing 2016, the year of chaos and...

This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is one of my favourite discoveries of recent years. This is Your Mind on Plants is his most recent book, consisting of...

Our Bodies Their, Battlefields by Christina Lamb

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields is a brutal, shocking, devastating read. And it could not be any other way. Christina Lamb, co-author of I...

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

The term intersectional feminism was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw to highlight how different dimensions of oppression – for example sexism...

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The Sellout is a work of biting satire, and you best be ready for it when you open this book. Our protagonist is a young man who grew up...

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Everyone who eats should read this book! What should we have for dinner? For omnivores like ourselves this question always causes...

5 Things I Loved about To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

I have finally (!!) read To Kill a Mockingbird, after it had waited on top of my to-be-read list for years. Books with so much history...

Revolting Prostitutes by Molly Smith and Juno Mac

In their powerful and eye-opening manifesto Revolting Prostitutes, Juno Mac and Molly Smith make the point for sex workers’ rights loud...

Fiction and Non-Fiction by Chinua Achebe

Last week I read both an essay collection and a novel by the celebrated Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Africa’s Tarnished Name is a...

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