The Chinese language only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one, suggests JANET DAVEY
Latest editorial
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: September 9, 2024
New releases from David Grubb, Bright Eyes and Trygve Seim, Frode Haltli
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII
MAYER WAKEFIELD is chilled by the co-dependency of two lost souls as portrayed by German communist playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz
The Star's critics BRETT GREGORY, JOHN GREEN, MICHAEL BONCZA and ANGUS REID review The Stimming Pool, Misericordia, La Cocina, Irena’s Vow, and The End
CHRIS MOSS welcomes a radical history that brings marginalised stories and overlooked people and agencies to the centre
ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles
David Grubb
Circadia
(Cambrian Records)
★★★★
WELSH label Cambrian Records continues to put out top quality contemporary folk, the latest of which is the marvellous new David Grubb album.
An instrumental concept set about the sleep cycle, it’s an ambitious, often surprising listen. The Scottish composer plays violin, viola, mandolin, singing saw and the Theremin, and is joined by a band of talented musicians who enable him to realise his sonic vision.
More from this author
While the group known as the Colourists certainly reinvigorated Scottish painting, a new show is a welcome chance to reassess them, writes ANGUS REID
ANGUS REID recommends an exquisite drama about the disturbing impact of the one child policy in contemporary China
The phrase “cruel to be kind” comes from Hamlet, but Shakespeare’s Prince didn’t go in for kidnap, explosive punches, and cigarette deprivation. Tam is different.
ANGUS REID deconstructs a popular contemporary novel aimed at a ‘queer’ young adult readership
Similar stories
New releases from Black Country, New Road, Anouar Brahem, and Jaywalkers
New releases from Nadia Reid, Manic Street Preachers and Mathias Eick
New releases from Shabaka, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and David Ian Roberts
Reviews of Les Amazons d’Afrique, Adrianne Lenker, and John Surnam