George Monaghan

George Monaghan is an editorial assistant at the New Statesman and writes the Substack Peaceable Land.

I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There is a document of hellish times

In her debut novel, Roisin Lanigan’s caustic social commentary of renting in London is undercut by supernatural horror.

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By Michael Prodger, George Monaghan and Megan Kenyon

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The all-action American novelist is praised for his virile heroics – but it was his instinct for “the feminine”…

By George Monaghan

Also featuring Patria: Lost Countries of South America by Laurence Blair and What Nails It by Greil Marcus.

By Michael Prodger, George Monaghan, Zuzanna Lachendro and Zoë Huxford

Is the media campaign to promote his new memoir also a return to politics?

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Also featuring Immaculate Forms by Helen King and Augustus the Strong by Tim Blanning.

By Pippa Bailey, George Monaghan, Michael Prodger and Finn McRedmond

Also featuring Warsaw Tales by Antonia Lloyd Jones and Emperor of the Seas by Jack Weatherford.

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro, George Monaghan and Nicholas Harris

Theatre cannot recreate the characterless vignettes John Steinbeck called his “generals”, but compensates with atmosphere.

By George Monaghan

Also featuring Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon and Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo.

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and George Monaghan

Published 25 years ago today, the foundational text of wild swimming continues to tempt readers into Britain’s rivers.

By George Monaghan