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Album review: _Interval by Autism – a dazzling trip through an electronica solar system

This is an album of ideas. Sometimes it glides between them; sometimes it leaps. One thing remains constant, however – the urge to explore.

The kaleidoscopic haze of Doves’ new album The Universal Want

Revolving catchy melodies tangle themselves up and around Phil Spectoresque walls of sound like enchanting ivy.

Unravelling Camilla Bruce’s You Let Me In: A novel that concocts mysticism and mystery

Faeries, we are told, do not exist. But what if we see them? What if they come into lives and completely change our paths and that of those around us? What if these mystical creatures manifest themselves in a real life mystery? What if their light helps overcome our darkness? Camilla Bruce’s You Let Me…

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The smell of acid in the morning: Is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Terry Gilliam’s Vietnam war movie?

A remarkably lucid and targeted vision that cuts through the haze like a sniper’s bullet soars over an opium field.

Crime fiction you can’t ignore: The Listening Walls by Margaret Millar

What I like about Margaret Millar’s novels is that every chapter is strong enough and laced with enough character, tone and climax to function as its own short story.

A war story that explores instead of explodes: Why you must read the devastating Will by Jeroen Olyslaegers

Entire nations and towns were occupied, overruled by new leaders. You could hear the pin of a grenade drop. From a distance, you would have no idea.

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