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The jury is in for Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Execution of Justice

The case is open and shut. But when the incarcerated murderer hires a disreputable lawyer to investigate the possibility that it was someone else, the case inverts into a claustrophobic entanglement of red tape, sin and checkered pasts.

Film review: Why you need to track down The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Devastatingly powerful and disorientating filmmaking, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a true original.

Check out the wintery music video for my ambient electronica music track WHITEOUT

I wanted to layer, interweave and repeat instrumental loops to a point whereby it was almost like breathing.

Unlocking a riveting Japanese mystery: Masako Togawa’s The Master Key review

Themes of security, honour, obligation and voyeurism converge into something enticing and engaging under Togawa’s pen.

Unwrapping a Nordic short story collection: The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat

Every story in this handsomely packaged book is written by a Nordic author whether they’re from the likes of Norway, Sweden and Iceland or all the way over in the Faroe Islands.

In which I make ambient electronica music – listen here!

I’ve been listening to a lot of Brian Eno and Vangelis (particularly the Blade Runner soundtrack) lately…

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COMPETITION: Win H. Jon Benjamin’s “attempted” memoir FAILURE IS AN OPTION!

Lost and found: The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houm is a novel yearning for discovery

The dark, beautiful magic of reading Russian master Gaito Gazdanov’s stories for the first time

THE UNDERGROUND FOREST – Music video for my new ambient drone instrumental track