DAN GLAZEBROOK eavesdrops on the bourgeois intelligentsia and the stories it tells itself at this moment of crisis
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KATHRYN JOHNSON recommends the work of Norman Kaplan that was a tool in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes a bold feminist subversion of classic folktales that are ubiquitous in the Irish imagination
A novel by Mexican Juan Pablo Villalobos, poetry by Mexican Ingrid Bringas, and a biography by Argentinian Mercedes Halfon
ONE of my favourite comic book arcs over the past few years has been Marvel’s Civil War II. A follow-up from the first, since made into a film, this story once again pits superheroes against each other.
What’s of interest in the narrative is the reason that they are fighting. Given the recent horrific terrorist attacks in Britain, many will find Civil War II has a relevance today.
Warning, upcoming spoilers!
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