Category: Informant
Issue 116 June - Aug 2008
Power Play
When so much art is trumpeted as being ‘political’ why do so few artists enter politics?
Issue 114 April 2008
Scene and Heard
Two recent plays suggest that artists make bad subjects for the theatre
Issue 112 January-February 2008
Eternal Return
Retro culture and looking forward to the past
Issue 110 October 2007
Rope Tricks
Pro wrestling grapples with reality
Issue 108 Jun-Aug 2007
Buried Alive
A high-tech cavern is being built in Norway to back-up the Earth’s plant life
Issue 106 April 2007
The Whole World
From photographing every house in America, to putting every book online, complete databases are all the rage
Issue 104 January-February 2007
The Long Goodbye
A new collection of short stories explores the rich terrain of last words
Issue 102 October 2006
Emotion Pictures
Hollywood, disaster movies and the events of 11 September 2001
Issue 100 June-August 2006
Faking It
How important is the truth when it comes to literary autobiography?
Issue 99 May 2006
Edifice Complex
Mervyn Peake’s recently re-issued classic novel, Titus Groan is both less and more than a traditional Gothic tale




















