Books

We all know that for all its occasional beauty and moments of fleeting inspiration, that we live in a broken, bestial and horrific world. That’s not being downbeat, simply realistic. The horrors of inequality, cruelty, abuse and murderous intent are all laid grimly bare in Deepa Anaparra‘s luminously revelatory book Continue Reading

I have been reading books ever since my teachers taught me to understand how magically transportive stringing all kinds of letters could be and so, the idea that books are alive always felt very much the case every time I opened a new written adventure. Artist Bethany Bickley has given Continue Reading

Books are an escape for many people. Whether you’re a kid trying to pretend the bullies aren’t trying to bash down your existential door or that your family isn’t a chaotic mess of dysfunction, or an adult for whom reality is one searingly painful event too many, books offer a Continue Reading

On the surface of it, society looks a fairly straightforward set of exchanges. You have ideals, you act them with nobleness of intent and efficacy of action, you witness injustice, you stand up against and hopefully right the wrong, you get to know someone, become their friend and possibly even Continue Reading

Words are beautiful things. More than just a collection of letters – although some words like “plethora” and “myriad” are cadence-rich in and of themselves – words give us access to stories, to thoughts and ideas and play a critically-important role in shaping the way we see our world and Continue Reading

Depending on how whose etymology you believe, many a person has observed and subsequently remarked that the first casualty of war is truth. Truth is twisted or downright ignored during conflict for a variety of reasons – keeping the enemy in the dark, elevating the good spirits of a beleaguered Continue Reading

If we’re really paying attention to the various stages of our life, and they’re hard to miss if you’re looking for them, it will become glaringly obvious that we change a great deal between the very beginning of things and the (hopefully many years distant) and their end. For some Continue Reading

Faith is a curiously complicated thing. On one very obvious level, it’s relatively straightforward – you believe something, act on it and it becomes a central focal point of your life, driving what you do and why. However, dig a little deeper and the issue of faith is a fiendishly Continue Reading