Almost a third of UK independent cinemas say they are at risk Exclusive: Survey by the Independent Cinema Office shows urgent need for capital investment in sector The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2025
Barcelona by Mary Costello review – potent snapshots of solitary confinement The Irish author’s second volume of stories is written with an unsparing precision that is both affecting and uncomfortable The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024
The Pole and Other Stories by JM Coetzee review – a late love affair Coetzee’s purist approach to storytelling strikes a chord in this novella and five tales The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023
The Pole and Other Stories by JM Coetzee review – lessons in beauty With his bravura new novella, one of six stories in this collection, the Nobel prize winner proves once again that he is a master of his craft The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Where to start with: JM Coetzee For 50 years the Nobel laureate and double Booker prize winner has been dividing opinion with his novels on power, humanity, war, the death of ‘Jesus’ and dogs – many dogs The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
The Pole and Other Stories by JM Coetzee review – if this is his final book, it is a great one The Nobel laureate’s new collection of stories is concerned with death, desire and old age, glinting with flashes of humour and grand, existential strangeness The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2023
In J.M. Coetzee's latest story collection, questions of the soul become urgent as the body becomes frail Devotees of J.M. Coetzee’s writing will be delighted at the publication of The Pole and Other Stories. What may be surprising to some about this collection is that the stories have all appeared before in some form – but not always in English. The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023