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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
Sophie Cameron - To Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
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
To Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Sophie Cameron
No Hugh I will not make a lunch box
I will not turn my hand to broad bean hummus
Or lobster fucking bisque
Because you say I should
Because you say I’ll be better for it.
I’m quite happy to sit back
And watch your deeply contrived fiction
With a slotted spoon and a warm Viennetta
And compare it to my own factory-farmed reality.
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