ALISTAIR FINDLAY recommends the simple cadence, common prose, free verse, and descriptive power of a new collection by Julie McNeill
Going Dark by Juila Ebner
Establishment perspective provides few answers to growing threat of far-right extremism
HIPSTER-FRIENDLY: Generation Identity
FRANK McCAULEY gets Laid
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about a two-handed theatrical homage to jazz’s most mercurial musician
ANDY HEDGECOCK is enthralled by a collection of South Korean ghost stories where human behaviour is as chilling as any spectral activity
DAVID YEARSLEY examines the soundtrack and filmic predecessors of the execrable Melania
SIMON PARSONS is charmed by a hilarious tender show that will open the eyes to the delights and possibilities of puppetry
SCOTT ALSWORTH suggests that video games have a lot to learn the rich tradition of Marxist theatre
INFILTRATING, interviewing and researching a whole range of groups such as religious fundamentalists, conspiracy theorists and white supremacists, Julia Ebner’s journey through the often hidden world of “fringe” politics is in many respects useful and informative.
A somewhat provocative work, it provides much food for thought. Consider, for example, how most socialist groups seek to attract, recruit and involve people. With some honourable exceptions, most leftist literature is dull, worthy and ideologically dense and few groups are able even to maintain a website that is in any way attractive.
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