The autobiography of poet, musician and activist Benjamin Zephaniah is a brilliant read, written in a straightforward style with short…
21st September 1903. Emily Norkett and her illegitimate baby son William Thomas Norkett were admitted to the City Road Workhouse…
What does the term ‘New Romantics’ mean to you? Synth pop, dramatic make-up, elite clubs for the eccentrically-dressed youth, androgynous…
I’m in love with this album. All the elements of it are perfect. The songs were written by Martin Gore,…
Before Nineteen Eighty-Four, before Brave New World, there was We, one of the first dystopian science fiction novels. It was…
This is the second book to feature Anthony Horowitz himself as the narrator, drawn into a murder investigation by the…
The best way I can describe this book is Alice in Wonderland crossed with one of those video games where…
Part of the channel ITV’s ‘Jane Austen season’ in 2007, this adaptation of the author’s last novel was decent enough…
First published in 1973, this collection of 15 short science fiction stories has been reissued in a new Penguin edition.…
I liked this debut novel from Australian author Georgina Young. It’s categorised as YA but if we are looking closely…