ANDY HEDGECOCK admires a critique of the penetration of our lives by digital media, but is disappointed that the underlying cause is avoided
Andy Hedgecock


ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles

ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement

Two books and a film that examine cultural excavation and the impact of place on behaviour

ANDY HEDGECOCK invites readers to contribute short fiction to our arts pages, offers some guidance and picks a few favourites

ANDY HEDGECOCK explores the implications of a recent statistical study of music lyrics that highlights the role of monopoly capital in silencing complexity

ANDY HEDGECOCK is compelled by a novel that challenges the assumption that atomic science is pure, objective and politically neutral

ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in an open-minded exploration of music that provokes reflection on the determinants of musical taste

ANDY HEDGECOCK takes apart a dispiriting book that is mired in free market conservatism

ANDY HEDGECOCK suspects that artificial intelligence cannot imagine socialism

Weird, funny and ominous by turns, it is always original and always specific, a fine collection of stories, writes ANDY HEDGECOCK

This is a symbolic autopsy of 21st century Britain – the Britain of our own corner of the multiverse, writes ANDY HEDGECOCK

ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends a book which is the perfect starting point for those with an interest in the possibilities of immersive technology

From poets John Cooper Clarke and Mike Garry to Jackson Browne, the magnificent Paula Rego the nail-biting, futuristic Kevin Core radio drama: Welcome to MedPatch and The American Way anthology, edited by Orsola Casagrande and Ra Page, which tackles 20 examples of US belligerence

Andy Hedgecock talks to SARAH SCHOFIELD about her fiction collection, Safely Gathered In

Kenneth Payne's book chillingly demonstrates how the military use of Artificial Intelligence weapons is becoming ever more dangerous, says ANDY HEDGECOCK

ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends a new take on the great Spanish film-maker Luis Bunuel

Real and abstract revulsion compelling themes of dread-zone anthology

Novelist CHRISTOPHER PRIEST talks to Andy Hedgecock about his latest novel, set in an otherworldly archipelago where thousands of islands offer endless climactic, cultural and political possibilities

Critique of communicating radical politics flies in the face of progressive reason

Compelling exploration of the mysteries of human existence
Want to see your name in print? Now's your chance... ANDY HEDGECOCK explains how you can do it in this guide to writing 'flash fiction' and how you can submit your work to the Morning Star