Necessary questions

Fifty Degrees Below takes over more or less exactly where Forty Signs Of Rain leaves off, but it shifts focus … More

True history

This small book, published in 404 Ink’s ‘Inklings’ series, covers a subject close to my heart—since starting to listen heavily … More

We were on holiday in Northumberland, near Hadrian’s Wall, visiting lots of Roman archaeological sites, so we thought we’d watch … More

It’s a long time since I’ve been to a museum or a gallery, what with global pandemics and everything. We … More

Finally, an academic has written a book about what I spend most of my time doing. Well, I say finally… … More

This is the second cook-book that I’ve read simply because it happens to be a comic published by Shortbox. Like … More

I’ve been on a mission recently to catch up with the output of two of my favourite writers, Kim Stanley … More

I spent a while back there in the early noughties thinking that all the fusions had been tried, and that … More

I’ve known the story of Gawain and the Green Knight for a long time, initially from Roger Lancelyn Green’s King … More

Bryan Talbot is a national treasure of British Comics, with a career that stretches from his underground Chester P. Hackenbush … More

I’m still undecided what I think the precise aesthetic or narrative effects are of using anthropomorphic animals as characters in … More

Kim Stanley Robinson keeps coming back to what might be described as ‘environmental fiction’, and ecological themes are never far … More

There are a few bands or musical artists of whom it’s possible to say that ‘their first album is the … More

This one-shot comic, which is the first book I’ve pulled at random out of what is to be the last … More