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The Thing with Feathers

The Thing with Feathers

by Magnus McDowall

Dylan Southern’s film adaptation puts masculinity front and centre
It Was Just an Accident

It Was Just an Accident

by Anahit Behrooz

Iranian director Jafar Panahi's film probes the relationship between individuals, the state and violence with determined humanism
Concrete Dreams

Concrete Dreams

by Max Farrar

A novel about doing rather than feeling, each episode in this long piece is discomfortingly realistic.
Phoenix Brothers

Phoenix Brothers

by Darren Chetty

Sita Brahmachari's novel raises questions about agency, assimilation and solidarity for refugee children
Mother Mary Comes to Me

Mother Mary Comes to Me

by Miraya McCoy

'Who would expect such straightforward homage from an iconoclast and self-confessed sceptic like Roy?'
Jennie Baptiste: Rhythm & Roots

Jennie Baptiste: Rhythm & Roots

by Michael McMillan

Baptiste’s photography captures how Black British youth culture transformed London’s sonic landscape on the cusp of the millennium
Othello

Othello

by Taíno Mendez

'We really must be living in strange times if we go to watch Othello for jokes. But perhaps laughter is the only way to deal with grief.'
The Catch

The Catch

by Jade E. Bradford

Yrsa Daley-Ward deftly writes two unique voices and paints them both as unreliable narrators
The best books of 2025

The best books of 2025

by Franklin Nelson

Literary highlights of 2025, from Arundhati Roy's memoir Mother Mary Comes To Me to Sarah Howe's poetry collection Foretokens Flesh
Promised Sky

Promised Sky

by Zebib K. Abraham

A textured, unassuming and heart-breaking story of immigrant women facing the rising forces of xenophobia and racism in Tunisia
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