The TelegraphProstitution In Hot Stew, Fiona Mozley wages war on London gentrification The Telegraph - By Jake KerridgeMozley follows up her Booker-shortlisted novel Elmet with a sprawling urban comedy about Soho prostitutes on the brink of eviction Fiona Mozley’s novels have their subtleties and ambiguities, but when...
The TelegraphBeowulf Bro! This is Beowulf as you've never read it before The Telegraph - By Helen BrownMove over, Tolkien and Heaney. This translation of Beowulf into muscular urban slang is electric “If you wish to translate, not rewrite, Beowulf,” wrote J R R Tolkien in 1940, “your language must be literary...
The TelegraphPoetry The best poetry books of 2021 so far The Telegraph - By Tristram Fane SaundersThe most interesting recent poetry collections travel the world, from Welsh churches to refugee camps in Lebanon, via a Romanian orphanage Buried Gods Metal Prophets by Maria Stadnicka ★★★★☆ Welcome to...
The TelegraphUK Politics Lord Sumption is a fearless public voice on civil liberties – but is he right on Brexit? The Telegraph - By Robert TombsThe retired Supreme Court judge argues methodically in his book Law in a Time of Crisis, but his Remainer stance unbalances the later essays Britain is lucky to be a country in which judges write books...
The TelegraphTurkey Erdogan should be nervous about this lesson from Turkey's past The Telegraph - By Colin FreemanJeremy Seal's new book A Coup in Turkey offers a cautionary insight into the country’s modern-day divides One general rule of modern military coups is that victory goes to whoever seizes control of the...