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Books / 11 November 2025
11 November 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK enjoys an unusual collection of stories that refract class consciousness through the flexible lens of folk horror

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Film of the Week / 30 October 2025
30 October 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends a cinematic glimpse of the role of the British in establishing the zionist state

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Books / 10 October 2025
10 October 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK is intrigued by a scholarly account of how systemic disinformation can exacerbate the perception of threat and foster hatred

Yehuda Beinin and Tal Beinin in Holding Liat (2025)
Film of the week / 11 September 2025
11 September 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK sees his scepticism lessened by a story is more complex and far-reaching than is initially apparent

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Books / 31 July 2025
31 July 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends that these beautifully written diaries from Gaza be essential reading for thick-skinned MPs

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Books / 18 July 2025
18 July 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes an exuberant blend of emotion and analysis that captures the politics and contrarian nature of the French composer

Pic: Kharsohtun/CC
Books / 25 May 2025
25 May 2025

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

Book Review / 25 March 2025
25 March 2025
ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles
Daniel Lind-Ramos, Ensamblajes, Nottingham Contemporary
Exhibition review / 20 February 2025
20 February 2025
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
Culture / 12 December 2024
12 December 2024
Two books and a film that examine cultural excavation and the impact of place on behaviour
Lenin in Smolny, by Isaac Brodsky, 1930 (detail)
Short Fiction / 6 September 2024
6 September 2024
ANDY HEDGECOCK invites readers to contribute short fiction to our arts pages, offers some guidance and picks a few favourites
CATTLE MARKET: Ready for showtime #xfactor
Opinion / 5 April 2024
5 April 2024
ANDY HEDGECOCK explores the implications of a recent statistical study of music lyrics that highlights the role of monopoly capital in silencing complexity
Paul Stein and Nicholas Metropolis, both veterans of Oppenhe
Books / 7 December 2023
7 December 2023
ANDY HEDGECOCK is compelled by a novel that challenges the assumption that atomic science is pure, objective and politically neutral
PICKING UP THE PIECES: A music instructor with recovering so
Books / 24 November 2023
24 November 2023
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in an open-minded exploration of music that provokes reflection on the determinants of musical taste 
Hedy Lamarr in Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
Book Review / 18 June 2023
18 June 2023
ANDY HEDGECOCK takes apart a dispiriting book that is mired in free market conservatism
Book Review / 19 January 2023
19 January 2023
ANDY HEDGECOCK suspects that artificial intelligence cannot imagine socialism
Nigel Kneale
Book Review / 6 December 2022
6 December 2022
Weird, funny and ominous by turns, it is always original and always specific, a fine collection of stories, writes ANDY HEDGECOCK
Illustration: Bryan Talbot
Literature / 25 October 2022
25 October 2022
This is a symbolic autopsy of 21st century Britain – the Britain of our own corner of the multiverse, writes ANDY HEDGECOCK
Book Review / 12 August 2022
12 August 2022
ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends a book which is the perfect starting point for those with an interest in the possibilities of immersive technology
EXPLORATION: Girl and Fryed
Photography / 17 May 2022
17 May 2022
REMARKABLE: (L to R) The Dance (1988); The Policeman's Daugh
Culture / 7 December 2021
7 December 2021
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
Sarah Schofield
Interview / 10 November 2021
10 November 2021
Andy Hedgecock talks to SARAH SCHOFIELD about her fiction collection, Safely Gathered In
MENACE: A robot sentry
Book Review / 19 August 2021
19 August 2021
Kenneth Payne's book chillingly demonstrates how the military use of Artificial Intelligence weapons is becoming ever more dangerous, says ANDY HEDGECOCK
DEFTLY SKETCHED: Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY / 17 May 2021
17 May 2021
ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends a new take on the great Spanish film-maker Luis Bunuel