When Reading Really Rocked, volume 2: The Punk Explosion and Beyond Olivia McCannon

When Reading Really Rocked, volume 2: The Punk Explosion and Beyond Olivia McCannonIn his inimitable and entertaining style, Adrian Moulton tells the story of Readings local music scene in the aftermath of the infamous Bill Grundy interview with the Sex Pistols which led to the explosion of punk and its DIY attitude. In the late 1970s and early 80s, hundreds of local bands were formed, new venues opened (and closed), record labels and recording studios sprang up, a network of behind the scenes technicians and promoters emerged,

Saïd el-Baz: Four Poems

and are truly haunting reflections on the nature of suffering

There is — along with her characteristic “gossipy voice” — reverence

Tell ’em Nothing marries the sardonic moral and political explorations of a Flannery O’Connor to the surreal

plus reviews and photo report

humanity is in dire need of a new philosophical vision and a fresh start

was to the threatened dispersal of the Jewish people: that they should be 'a diaspora in all kingdoms of the earth'

The composer Aleksandr Lokshin wrote a symphonic poem based on the poem

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Omar el-Kiddi

Appreciation and concern for the planet runs through this frank and moving collection

Rhian Elizabeth is 24 and from the Rhondda