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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Fame (sort of) at last
Morning Star columnist MAT COWARD is also a writer of mystery fiction and one of his stories has been shortlisted for the Edgar Allan Poe award. Here he ruminates on what it means to him
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
MANY things went through my mind after I heard that my short story On Borrowed Time has been been nominated for the Edgar, not least whether anyone has ever refused one.
Probably not, because it doesn’t seem like that sort of award.
But lots of people have turned down lots of honours over the years. The artist LS Lowry is thought to be the all-time British record-holder, having declined an OBE (1955), a CBE(1961), a knighthood(1968) and a Companion of Honour (1972 and 1976).
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