The other day, perhaps Friday, a friend asked me for a few books they should read. I gladly responded with a list of five books that I thought suitable for […]
Author: Richard Tester
Review: RSC Live: Julius Caesar
Politics seems, in equal measure, an art of resolution and of antagonism, and Julius Caesar, perhaps one of the most influential of the Shakespearean tragedies, takes this to heart. Wherever […]
Short Story: The Wall
The long Roman wall was cast bright white by that strange natural alchemy sunlight grants. You felt the oldness of the city watching it set against that blue sky, like […]
Short Story: We Machines
We machines cannot understand your fight against this world. Even after our bombs wiped your slate clean, letting the architecture of your civilisation crumble into dust, you remain a contradiction. […]
Review: Laura Marling Student Conference, London
The idea that an artiste as private as Laura Marling should offer herself to the mercy of student journalists would never have occurred to me, so to discover she intended […]
Winter Photography Competition Results 2016
The deadline for The Yorker’s Winter Photography Competition has been reached, and we had a great time viewing all your wintry entries. The competition winners are: (1) Bethany White (2) Isabella […]
Obituary: Rabbi Lionel Blue
Rabbi Lionel Blue, who has long been a familiar voice for listeners of BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, died on Monday at the age of 86. “Delivering [his] monologues in a […]
Winter Photography Competition 2016
Winter is not coming… it is here! The Yorker is proud to announce its 2016 Photography Competition is open to all students at the University of York, whether members or […]
Review: Perplex
“I can only trust in what I can see with my own eyes, seeing as everything, everything is a lie. And in any case, I might want everything to be […]
Halloween Creative Writing Competition Results 2016
The deadline for The Yorker’s Halloween Creative Writing Competition has been reached, and we had a great time reading all your entries. The competition winners are: (1) The Straight Way Was […]