H Gareth Gavin: “I’m more interested in stubbornness than in hope”
The Goldsmiths-shortlisted author of Never Was on transness as “a tussle with history”.
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Ellys Woodhouse is an editorial assistant at the New Statesman.
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From Vigdis Hjorth to The Waste Land: recent books reviewed in short
Also featuring essays by Mia Mercado and After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport.
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Its billionaire owner has pioneered sustainable manufacturing, but knows such actions haven’t been enough: real climate action is expensive.
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The Blue Commons by Standing, Ghost Signs by Hennigan, Milk Teeth by Andrews and The Arctic by Paterson.
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Why do we still have a problem with “unlikeable” female characters?
Warning: this article contains discussion of an imperfect woman.
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Why CBBC and BBC Four moving online might not be such a bad idea
Who watches TV these days anyway?
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Reviewed in short: New books from David Bosco, Emma Smith, Charlotte Philby and John Agard
The Poseidon Project by Bosco, Portable Magic by Smith, Edith and Kim by Philby and Border Zone by Agard.
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Reviewed in short: New books by Fernanda Melchor, Francis Young, Colin Barrett and Symeon Brown
Paradais by Melchor, Magic in Merlin's Realm by Young, Homesickness by Barrett and Get Rich or Lie Trying by…
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Reviewed in short: New books by Anna Della Subin, Roopa Farooki, Mark Hodkinson and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Accidental Gods by Della Subin, Everything is True by Farooki, No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy by Hodkinson and…
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