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Manga Review: Iron Wok Jan – Volume 27 by Shinji Saijyo
The popular Japanese cooking comedy comes to a calculatedly frustrating finish.
Read More »Book Review: A Snowball In Hell by Christopher Brookmyre
Brookmyre is one of the best social critics going as well as being one of the most original crime fiction writers you'll ever read.
Read More »Book Review: In The Convent Of Little Flowers By Indu Sundaresan
Stories full of compassion for all those caught up in the confusion of a country trying to find its way out of a dark past and into a better tomorrow.
Read More »Graphic Fiction Review: The Soddyssey and Other Tales of Supernatural Law by Batton Lash
A reissued collection of comic stories blends monsters and legal dramedy to humorous and satiric effect.
Read More »Book Review: Don’t Stop Believin’ – How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life by Brian Raftery
A great gift for that friend of yours prone to singing badly at parties and other forms of lampshade wearing fun.
Read More »DVD Review: The Mysteries of the Bible Collection
The familiar stories and people of the Bible come alive in this fine documentary series from The History Channel.
Read More »Book Review: Visions of Paradise edited by Bronwen Latimer
National Geographic reveals heaven on Earth.
Read More »Books Review: The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall and The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Two competitors for 'The Great Climate Change Novel' prize run in balanced parallel.
Read More »Manga Review: Bleach by Tite Kubo
Swordfights, otherworld monsters and knockabout comedy – it's the world of Bleach.
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