Written by Ella Maughan A book that addresses conflict, life, love and death, War and Peace is an epic saga of modern history that does exactly what it says on […]
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‘All great and precious things are lonely.‘ In review: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Written by Hesandi Jayasekara Has a book ever exploded your heart into pieces and sewn it back together again, bit by bit through good prose alone? East of Eden, through […]
Q&A With Rose Anne Evans
Rose Anne Evans is a first-year French, German and Linguistics BA student here at the University of York and she’s written a book, Fight For Freedom, to raise awareness about […]
Book review: The Power by Naomi Alderman
Sometimes, you don’t immediately click with a book. It took me a while to read the first 100 pages of The Power; I dipped in and out, every couple of days. […]
Reid’s Reads: Forgotten in Memory by Chloe Grant-Jones
Forgotten in Memory is written by second-year University of York history student, Chloe Grant-Jones. Writing a book in your spare time is an impressive feat for any student, but Grant-Jones […]
Reid’s Reads: ‘Speaking Out’ by Ed Balls
I’m not a diary fan, and autobiographies don’t float my bookish boat, but Speaking Out is a decent blend of thoughtful musings, blunt politics and lightly-recalled life. Ed Balls presents […]
Reid’s Reads: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant is chiefly the tale of an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who depart from their home in order to find their son in sub-Roman Britain (c. 410-500). As […]
Reid’s Reads: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Brighton Rock is not a novel to be lightly read. The weighty story drives on with an inevitable crunch of misfortune and emotion towards magnified tragedy. Graham Greene’s woeful tale […]