THE BOOK CLUB

It seems that for years now, people have been warning us of the decline of poetry. Dwindling book sales and the advent of social...

I recently went to see Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, and thought it was brilliant. I was charmed by the characters, captivated by the...

Emma Glass’s debut novel is simultaneously unsettling and arresting. The book is extraordinarily visceral, and the absurd word-play takes...

In essence, Free Woman: Life, Liberation and Doris Lessing encapsulates the influence that our favourite books can wield over our lives;...

In May 2018, Olivia interviewed Hannah Hauer-King. Hannah discusses her decision to work in theatre, the reasons why she loves it so...

In March 2018, Olivia spoke to American author and historian Christopher Kelly. They talk about the content of his books, and the sense...

March 2018 was a significant month for two reasons: 1) Cambridge Analytica illegally harvested the Facebook data of more than 87 million...

For our first Book of the Month, we wanted to choose a book and author that encompasses The Book Club ethos of sparking conversation and...

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual initiative which seeks to raise awareness of mental health through initiating...

In March, writer, actor and comedian Romesh Ranganathan penned an article for the Guardian in which he begged us all to “stop banging on...

Since its publication in The New Yorker in December, "Cat Person" has divided dinner tables, friendship groups and twitter feeds across...

In April 2018 Nell met with literary agent Natasha Fairweather to speak about her five all-time favourite books. In the interview Natasha...

“You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions...

‘The great majority of people in the English speaking countries have no glimmering of knowledge of the supreme human art, the Art of...

The rise of social media and its impact on our psyche is a topic considered with increasing fascination and frequency over recent years....

“One sheds one’s sicknesses in books”, wrote D.H. Lawrence, in an oft-quoted letter of 1913. The idea of literature as a source of...

If you are looking for a podcast that gives you an in-depth analysis of the Middle East today, then Jeremy Bowen’s ‘Our Man in the Middle...

At age 17 I wrote my 'personal statement', a document of (mainly false) self advertisement attempting to convince universities about why...

I read this book before we had the idea for this website, when I was feeling a little dull and listless, and needed a pick-me-up. I sat...

To celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th March, we posted five of our favourite female authors over five different days on...