The bard gives us advance notice of his upcoming medieval K-pop releases
‘The US has reached a tipping point’
JOHN GREEN appreciates the clarity with which a GDR-born photographer observes the ‘post-competitive cannibalism’ of the contemporary US

The End is Near, Here
Michael Dressell, Hartmann Books, £35
HELL has reserved a ringside seat for Michael Dressel.
He seeks out places that most of never see, and he always has his camera with him to photograph the damned as they struggle through their daily lives.
His camera captures provocative images in Europe, Africa and Asia, but these do not show the disturbing chaotic power of the 21st century US hellscape in which we are drifting towards our destruction.
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