Barfly: Mary’s Bar and Hardware Shop
“I like that there’s no music playing in here,” says Anton, soaking up the ambient noise of chatter. I nod in agreement. “Plus,” he continues, “can you imagine the absolute…
Block T Exhibition Space
The latest string to Block T’s already impressive bow – given the recent additions of the café, common area and Good Fridays BYO concerts each week – is the exhibition…
Album of the Month #1: The #1s – The #1s
Review of new The #1s album. With 10 tracks delivered in less than 20 minutes, it’s not big, it’s not clever but it’s fecking brilliant.
Book Review: Emma Donoghue – Frog Music
Emma Donoghue’s Frog Music is a bilingual, historical whodunnit that is impressively researched and convincingly written.
Book Review: Alain Robbe-Grillet – A Sentimental Novel
You may be tempted to throw A Sentimental Novel away in outrage, but there's no denying it's a singular swan-song.
Book Review: Rebecca Solnit – The Faraway Nearby
In The Faraway Nearby, Rebecca Solnit intersperses autobiographical snapshots with musings on everything from Che Guevara to arctic exploration.
Book Review: Timur Vermes – Look Who’s Back
Satirical jibes at Adolf Hitler are nothing new but much of the reaction drawn by Timur Vermes’ Look Who’s Back is down to its author’s nationality.
Book Review: Leslie Jamison – The Empathy Exams
In The Empathy Exams, Jamison has made something weird and rare and special and flawed. Something that plainly asks for, and deserves, our attention.