by Giles Broadbent | Nov 5, 2019 | Books
Will by Will Self is a down-and-dirty picture of the earlier years of the famed nihilistic writer – but can he escape the pitfalls of the drug memoir? The man, the memoir Like a dull colleague’s dream painstakingly recounted despite a lack of narrative or point,...
by Giles Broadbent | Sep 20, 2019 | Story
Rutland was the last hold-out against fast food giant McDonald’s. But now the American giant wants to slap some Golden Arches on the rural county. The story There is a corner of a field that is forever England. Enter Rutland. Even the name suggests a farming...
by Giles Broadbent | Sep 4, 2019 | Story
In prison, the small comforts come at a big price. But how do inmates pay for their luxuries when money is in short supply and tobacco is illegal? The story Trade, like nature, finds a way. In the sealed-off setting of a prison, where cash money is scarce and people’s...
by Giles Broadbent | Aug 22, 2019 | Story
How does a country fall apart in this day and age? Not with a bang but with a series of bureaucratic screw-ups, queues, shortages and lots of fury The Story It’s a Yellowhammer to fix the last nail in the coffin, the critics would have you believe. It’s an incendiary...
by Giles Broadbent | Aug 17, 2019 | Story
The boat that has it all They are the staple of all high-concept fiction: the weapon-laden villain’s lair – a boat, a castle, a silo. Either way, they’re all super stylish The Story She’s part luxury toy, part-lair and part research vessel – and all...
