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Jacaranda by Gaël Faye review – the limits of forgiveness after Rwanda

This bold family saga explores a search for healing and truth in the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine review – drag fabulousness in war-torn Beirut

Spanning eras of conflict and Covid in Lebanon, this irresistible queer coming-of-age tale explores what it means to be truly free

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12

The Maids at Donmar Warehouse: 'If you're prepared to surrender, it's a wild ride'

4/5 This adaptation of Jean Genet’s play by Kip Williams makes use of phones to project the fantasy world of two sisters wishing to murder a terrible mistress but the true power is in the performances

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies review – dissolute years of a doomed generation

The experimental sex lives of the artists and thinkers of the roaring 20s are set against the burgeoning threat of fascism in this wickedly amusing and timely book

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Resistance fighter, novelist - and Sartre’s favourite agony aunt: rediscovering Alba Céspedes

Championed by Elena Ferrante, Céspedes’s neo-realist classic The Forbidden Notebook is being reissued 70 years after it was first published. It still speaks to women’s lives today

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2023

Five facts about Kenzaburo Oe, the Nobel-prize winning Japanese writer who died this month

Oe said interviewing Chairman Mao was “so boring”

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2023