A book review of Platform Seven by Louise Doughty. Platform Seven is a slow, dull and ultimately unsatisfying book by Louise Doughty. It’s the tale of Lisa, a ghost who is confined to Peterborough railway station. As the story progresses she slowly begins to remember what has happened to her, and the relationship with Matthew, Matty. As well as Lisa, the story weaves around the lives of Dalmar, the…
A film review: Black Panther (2018) Black Panther is an interesting, thrilling and thought-provoking film about a fictitious African homeland called Wakanda. Wakanda is blessed with an abundance of a the hardest metal on earth, vibranium, that has bestowed special powers on it’s leaders and allowed it to surge ahead of the world with amazing technology. Fearful that others would steal their precious resource and conquer them they made…
‘It was cold and damp, and I could hear something breathing in the dense darkness’. The first line of Andrei Vasala’s stunning new novel about Polish immigrants to the UK. A dramatic and heart warming story of a brave journey across war-torn Europe. The novel…‘ He put The Times down on his desk and leant back in his chair, staring up at the ceiling. It was 50 years ago…
