Bennett to Amis: Shame on Us

Novelist Ronan Bennett takes Martin Amis to task for “as odious an outburst of racist sentiment as any public figure has made in this country for a very long time.”
Muslims bridle at the broad strokes by which they are depicted. Every time a writer or politician or policeman begins a sentence by saying “Muslims must [...]



The History Boys - a review

We were at The Lowry, Salford Quays, to see Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. This was one of the last performances on the road before the company settle into London’s Wyndham’s Theatre until the middle of April 2007.
The school gives them an education. I give them the wherewithal to resist it. Examine a boy and [...]






About Writing:

"There are many lines that could be spared from the book you are reading," she said, her voice primly firm and dogmatic. "I must 'a' missed 'em," he announced. "What I read was the real goods. It was all lighted up an' shining, an' it shun right into me an' lighted me up inside, like the sun or a searchlight. That's the way it landed on me, but I guess I ain't up much on poetry, miss." Jack London, Martin Eden (Martin and Ruth, discussing the poet Martin called "Swineburne")

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