The Gospel of Us Wanda Phipps

The Gospel of Us Wanda PhippsIn The Gospel of Us, Owen Sheers reimagines his National Theatre of Wales dramatisation of the three day Passion, set in the streets and clubs of Port Talbot. Sheers novel tells of a town in thrall to the sinister corporation ICU until the day when a stranger appears in the dunes, singing songs to the sea. This is just the start of three days of unearthly events in Port Talbot: events that see the Teacher soothe a suicide bomber, and the dead rise in

There’s rigorous scholarship here

poverty and repression in pursuit of ‘US interests’

won the £10

Nasser al-Dhaheri

Autumn shakes into winter

Music Outside captures the spirit

THE TRAVELLING TALE is an extract from Mohamed al-Makhzangi’s Memories of a Meltdown

Why Did You Leave The Horse Alone

It is elegiac

Fadwa al-Qasem Two short stories My Shirt and The Loop

loss and denial

Ken Worpole is the kind of enthusiast who encourages one to seek out and read the books he describes