HIP READ
New graphic novel on Mugsborough The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists in words & pictures By Scarlet and Sophie Rickard Published by SelfMadeHero, Paperback, 352 pages. RRP £ REVIEW BY PETE DONOHUE A graphic adaptation of Robert Tressell’s classic semi-autobiographical novel of…
HIP AUTHOR INTERVIEW Things in Heaven and Earth
By Jane MetcalfePaperback, £ INTERVIEW BY LUCY BROWN St Leonards author Jane Metcalfe launched her book Things in Heaven and Earth at the town’s Funky art gallery on Sunday. A true story told through diary extracts, interviews and letters, Things…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Lovecraft Country By Matt RuffPublished by Picador, 2016, paperback RRP £ / hardback RRP £(£12 at Bookbuster) REVIEW BY TIM BARTON I recently saw the first episodes of the new TV adaptation of the novel Lovecraft Country. On the credits…
HIP YOUNG WRITING
Get Hastings Reading Our passion for words goes viral By Stephen Ratcliffe Culture Shift, a key partner in the Get Hastings Reading campaign, has launched a series of short films to encourage young people to take up the art of…
HIP YOUNG WRITING: Full Stop
An anthology by children and young people in the Hastings areaReview by Lucy Brown This anthology by young writers from Hastings based on the theme of the Covid-19 lockdown is as varied in content and style as the ages of…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Privatising Justice: The Security Industry,War and Crime Control By Wendy Fitzgibbon and John LeaPublished by Pluto, April 2020, paperback RRP £ By Tim Barton A cartoon potted history might suggest that the nation state evolved directly from ‘the mafia that won’.…
Embodied Land: An exhibition of Sally Cole’s paintings
Rye Art Gallery until 30th by Simone Witney “I have walked out of the body and into the mountain. I am a manifestation of its total life, as is the starry saxifrage or the white-winged ptarmigan.” This is a quote…
BOOKBUSTERS REVIEW
Just Transitions:Social Justice in the Shift Towards a Low-Carbon WorldEdited by Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause and Dimitris StevisPublished by Pluto, November 2019, paperback RRP £ Review By Tim Barton Once upon a time, a few months ago (as things are…