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Paul Simon
Nagaland shawl with tiger and lion motiv
Book Review / 27 March 2022
A multidimensional world of seers, dreams and prophecies
27 March 2022
(L to R) Harry Pollitt, Vladimir Lenin and Ernest Bevin
Book Review / 18 February 2022
A frontline view of the significant political battles of the 1920s
18 February 2022
Book Review / 10 November 2021
Failure to reconcile faith and reason at an individual or aggregate level
10 November 2021
An absorbing metaphor for contemporary Western societies is recommended by PAUL SIMON
Reykjavik in close-up
Literature / 30 August 2021
A book of bewitching narratives
30 August 2021
PAUL SIMON falls under the spell of little known authors from an island at the edge of the world
CATHARTIC: Leo Zeilig
FICTION / 2 August 2021
Compelling contradictions of an anti-capitalist activist
2 August 2021
PAUL SIMON recommends the story of a charismatic malcontent
GLOBAL FIRST: The Great Mosque of Samarra, completed in 851
BOOKS / 9 June 2021
The Abbasid Caliphate: A History
9 June 2021
Illuminating account of the most influential force in the Muslim world from the eighth to the 13th centuries
Features / 30 April 2021
Britain’s communists prepare their biggest electoral campaign in generations
30 April 2021
PAUL SIMON speaks to some of the 40-plus communist candidates about their policies, their campaigning methods and their reception from the public
MEMORY LANE: Hackney Downs and Dalston Lane, East London, 19
BOOKS / 7 April 2021
Eggs, Chips & Leo’s Cafe
7 April 2021
Authentic slice of East End working-class life
BRITAIN'S BACKBONE: Wessenden Valley on the Pennine Way
BOOKS / 17 March 2021
I Belong Here
17 March 2021
Outstanding travelogue addresses state of nation during tramp along Pennine Way
CATALYST: Richard Haldane’s caricatured as ‘Hegelian pol
BOOKS / 10 February 2021
Haldane: The Forgotten Statesman who Shaped Modern Britain
10 February 2021
Engaging biography of an establishment technocrat
FICTION / 7 February 2021
My Brother the Messiah
7 February 2021
Thought-provoking parable of dystopian times to come
FICTION / 4 January 2021
Romance and Revolution
4 January 2021
Ken Fuller concocts a thrilling blend of the personal and political in saga of militant trade unionist
Book cover set against the iconic image from Gillo Pontecorv
BOOKS / 29 December 2020
Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us
29 December 2020
Moving story of one individual enmeshed in Algeria’s war of independence
HUGELY PROLIFIC: Vanilla
BOOKS / 27 December 2020
Vanilla: A global history
27 December 2020
Evocative account of a plant valued in nearly every culture for ts aroma and taste
Best of 2020 / 4 December 2020
Books with Paul Simon
4 December 2020
Book Review / 9 November 2020
A Centenary for Socialism: the new Communist Party history
9 November 2020
The Communist Party has had an influence on the achievements of the British labour movement far more diverse way than was previously realised
BOOK REVIEW / 9 October 2020
Be inspired by lives on the left
9 October 2020
Red Lives (Manifesto Press, £9.99)
MAKING LINKS: Sharon Duggal
FICTION / 8 September 2020
Should We Fall Behind by Sharon Duggal
8 September 2020
Engrossing commentary on the woeful state of the nation
FICTION / 26 August 2020
Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man by Edward Wilson
26 August 2020
Outstanding espionage series draws to a memorable close
Iordana Ceauscescu
BOOKS / 25 June 2020
Red Hands by Colin Sargent
25 June 2020
Love, loss and rueful laughter in Ceauscescu-era Romania
FICTION / 17 June 2020
Book review: Red Hands
17 June 2020
DRAWING ON HIS KNOWLEDGE BANK: Dennis Broe
FICTION / 8 June 2020
Left of Eden by Dennis Broe
8 June 2020
Assured fiction debut lifts the lid on Hollywood corruption in the McCarthy period
HERITAGE SITE: Horwich Works
FICTION / 1 May 2020
The Works by Paul Salveson
1 May 2020
Significant chronicle of working-class life a flawed exercise in revisionist history
BEAUTIFULLY VULGAR: Michael Nath
FICTION / 21 April 2020
The Treatment by Michael Nath
21 April 2020
No-holds-barred assault on the corruption at the core of British society
FICTION / 6 March 2020
Virgin and Child by Maggie Hamand
6 March 2020
Gripping novel of intersex Pope pregnant with transgressive tensions
ARCHAIC? Gilets jaunes demonstrate in 2018
Books / 13 February 2020
Migrants and Militants by Alain Badiou
13 February 2020
Quantity overwhelms quality of French philosopher's political analysis
Books / 9 January 2020
Love and Labour: Red Button Years Volume I by Ken Fuller
9 January 2020
Inspirations of working-class struggle gets a compelling combination of fact and fiction from Ken Fuller
PLACE MAN: Humphrey Hawksley
Fiction / 16 December 2019
Man on Edge by Humphrey Hawksley
16 December 2019
Flaccid fiction mars atmospheric elan of stock-in-trade spy thriller
Books / 1 December 2019
Dirt Clean by Judith Amanthis
1 December 2019
Impressive debut novel on plight of contract cleaners
Book Review / 16 October 2019
Priests de la Resistance by Fergus Butler-Gallie
16 October 2019
Timely reminder of religious figures who took a stand against ‘first-wave’ fascism
Fiction / 3 September 2019
With Hope, Farewell by Alexander Baron
3 September 2019
Seminal novel on working-class Jewish life
Culture / 16 August 2019
A surprisingly satisfying read
16 August 2019
Book Review / 8 August 2019
Synthesing too much material into what is a moderately scaled work backfires as the narrative bends under the sheer weight of numbers
8 August 2019
Book Review / 7 June 2019
The symptom of a ‘bad situation’
7 June 2019
Alain Badiou's book on Trump is an insightful analysis of the contradictions simmering below the surface of the presidency, says PAUL SIMON
Book Review / 15 May 2019
Heroes in the Evening Mist by William Ash
15 May 2019
A powerful novel on post-colonial liberation and the issues faced by revolutionary governments when in power
Book Review / 15 April 2019
Slumboy from the Golden City by Paul Joseph
15 April 2019
An activist's autobiography is an excellent everyman’s account of the anti-apartheid struggle
Culture / 18 March 2019
Book Review: Civilisation by Regis Debray
18 March 2019
Chauvinism infects a tedious attempt to investigate US cultural domination in Europe
J'accuse: Edouard Louis
review / 13 February 2019
Books: Assassination by austerity
13 February 2019
Who Killed My Father is an immensely powerful account of the impact of turbo-charged capitalism in France, says PAUL SIMON
Creature of narrative: Martin Goodman
Interview / 25 January 2019
‘Art is about subverting what we think we know’
25 January 2019
Paul Simon talks to award-winning writer, thinker and publisher MARTIN GOODMAN about what's inspired his new novel and current trends in left-wing literature
Book Review / 7 January 2019
Present nightmare at the heart of a future American dream
7 January 2019
PAUL SIMON recommends a novel on a US dystopia with its roots recognisably in the here and now
Book Review / 27 December 2018
Persuasive path to class consciousness
27 December 2018
PAUL SIMON recommends James Clarke's novel, set in the middle of the miners' strike of 1984-5
Book Review / 11 December 2018
Persuasive path to class consciousness
11 December 2018
PAUL SIMON recommends James Clarke's novel, set in the middle of the miners' strike of 1984-5
Culture / 9 December 2018
Best of 2018: Fiction
9 December 2018
by PAUL SIMON
Fiction Review / 11 November 2018
Offbeat collection breaks boundaries of crime fiction
11 November 2018
Fiction Review / 14 October 2018
Blumenfeld's milestone Jewish saga makes a welcome reappearance
14 October 2018
A sunset over Edinburgh, the setting for Kate Hunter's novel
Fiction Review / 3 September 2018
A case of conflicted loyalties
3 September 2018
PAUL SIMON recommends a novel exploring the conflicts between class and gender politics in Edinburgh at the turn of the last century
Book Review / 25 July 2018
Welcome new light shed on longest strike in English history
25 July 2018
Book Review / 16 July 2018
Flawed but fascinating
16 July 2018
PAUL SIMON recommends a biography of the uncompromising 19th-century French revolutionary Emmanuel Barthelemy