6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (272+ words) For our September 2026 issue, Kyle Berlin considered the trial, its political context and principal figures, and its relation to the craft and reception of fiction writing generally. I spoke to Berlin recently about the novel and the varying responses to…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1097+ words) ‘If Wales had a great poet in the 19th century it was the young William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-78).’¹ Glyn Tegai Hughes published those words at the end of the 20th century. Statements proclaiming this writer to be ‘the best’ and that poet to…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (679+ words) ‘Sometimes old traditions are thrown up like dust along a summer road. You glimpse them briefly in the sunbeams…’ This quiet, yet profound book, and one I took great pleasure in reading, is a collection of such moments and memories,…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (547+ words) The Reviews Hub Seething Lane: A Samuel Pepys Mystery by Jack Jewers When it comes to historical fiction, timing is everything. For his second novel, Jack Jewers returns to the 17th century and it’s hard to think of a better period…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (745+ words) I’ve been away from here for a while, but I have a pretty valid excuse: we’re having a baby. So many changes are happening in my body and my …...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (39+ words) If the books make you cry, close it even if it’s your favourite There are books I still cannot throw away. Not because I intend to read them again, but because …...