Hope is the most beautiful of all experiences. It is the reason why we get up in the morning, and it is at the core of this book. Somewhere a Bird is Singing is a beautifully crafted collection of five short stories by young writer and Southampton graduate Tig Wallace. Each story, although seemingly melancholy…
Kimberley Chambers’s new novel is gripping, easy-to-read and a dramatic reflection on modern families.
Despite breaking records, E.L.James’ erotic trilogy is fifty shades of disappointing.
Carol Ann Duffy is well known to our generation as the woman who aided the national boredom that was GCSE poetry. For those of us lucky enough to not be overcome with contempt for the first female Poet Laureate, there is a sense of dry, humorous frankness that is represented in her latest collection; The…
Alex Preston’s debut novel is by no means autobiographical, though it is a reflection of the insights he gained when working in the city of London in the boom years preceding the 2008 recession. Preston, by his own admission, does not intend the book to carry a political message, but rather seeks to explore the…
A review of ‘The accidental billionaires’ by Ben Mezrich – You are a Facebook junkie, and the accidental billionaires did this to you. Heaven knows you owe it to yourself to figure out how and why.