Author: Desmond Bullen

Review: Bombay Superstar, The Lowry, Salford

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 10, 2022 | Arts, Theatre |

It’s a good idea, one with the bright and elegant simplicity that marks out all the notions that...

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Book Review: Manchester Uncanny by Nicholas Royle

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

For the sake of argument, let’s agree that the short stories in an anthology are like the...

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Wythenshawe Hall reopens its doors six years after an arson attack

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Arts, Heritage |

Delayed out of deference to Monarchist sensitivities, and under the sardonic eye of the Republican...

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Review: Fifty Forgotten Books by R. B. Russell

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

Both a non-fiction essay about fiction and a bibliography fleshing out a life, Fifty Forgotten...

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Book Review: A Wreath for Udomo by Peter Abrahams

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 1, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

Sometimes a novel is so much of its time, speaks so directly to that particular now, that when its...

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