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It’s Coming Home, Though

It’s Coming Home, Though

‘William Wilson’ by Edgar Allan Poe

Classic short story:

‘William Wilson’ by Edgar Allan Poe

5X Worse

5X Worse

‘The Life of Mr Richard Savage’ by Samuel Johnson

Book:

‘The Life of Mr Richard Savage’ by Samuel Johnson

‘Wild Hope’ by Andrew Balmford

Book excerpt:

‘Wild Hope’ by Andrew Balmford

‘Not all the British visitors were philistines’

‘Not all the British visitors were philistines’

Sympathetic Magic

Sympathetic Magic

Seven hours to Penzance, the end of the line…

Seven hours to Penzance, the end of the line…

Comprehensively: Berfrois Interviews Melissa Benn

Russell Bennetts

Comprehensively: Berfrois Interviews Melissa Benn

Disconcerted

Disconcerted

England’s Greatest Gardener

Shakespeare, neither simply English nor British

Shakespeare, neither simply English nor British

‘Modernism didn’t begin in 1880 and end in 1930. It will always be with us.’

Image gallery:

Illustrations of an English Opium-Eater

‘Or so he thought’

‘Breakfast All Day’ by Cat Dossett
Book: ‘Breakfast All Day’ by Cat Dossett
‘scissors’ and ‘headless morning’ by Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Poems: ‘scissors’ and ‘headless morning’ by Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Nightcrawling with the beatniks
Image gallery: Nightcrawling with the beatniks
‘…The Song of Space’ and ‘…Tense Past Tense’ by Eileen R. Tabios
Poems: ‘…The Song of Space’ and ‘…Tense Past Tense’ by Eileen R. Tabios
‘Sestina’ by Raina K. Puels
Poem: ‘Sestina’ by Raina K. Puels
‘Tales of Two Londons’ edited by Claire Armistead
Book excerpt: ‘Tales of Two Londons’ edited by Claire Armistead