Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin on Mack the Knife.
The bandit MACHEATH must be played as a bourgeois phenomenon. The bourgeoisie’s fascination with bandits rests on a misconception: that …
The bandit MACHEATH must be played as a bourgeois phenomenon. The bourgeoisie’s fascination with bandits rests on a misconception: that …
Fleeing deep into the living room, I finally came up against an open window. The coolness of the night air …
During the 1980s Manly North Head, near Sydney, was a cruising spot where gay men were “hunted” in both love …
[The following contains spoilers.] Naysay Productions’ “Chasing Butterflies” is just beginning its run at the Pleasance Dome. We are apparently …
This is a Christmas story but the brunt of it concerns the sea. It will start in something like the …
This morning, James and I presented ourselves at the front door of a villa in Morningside. James rang the doorbell. …
It is self-evident that Boris Johnson should resign because of the “parties” that his government department had held during the …
It surely shakes Edinburgh’s status as a capital city that its bus network was finally closed in its entirety yesterday …
Midnight House and Other Tales (1910) is William Fryer Harvey’s debut volume of short stories. He must have written juvenilia, …
It was not yet ten in the morning but the sky was already straining in its depths with the acutest …
[The following contains spoilers.] The Paragon Collective is a commercial podcasting house that is based in Los Angeles. It was …
Michael Jamison is a forty-five-year-old retired businessman who lives in a villa in Brakpan, South Africa, with two male tigers. …
Rufus Stewart owns a single-bedroom apartment in Gorgie, which he had until recently rented out to a young barman named …
INTRODUCTION. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. THE INFLUENCE OF SCHEHERAZADE. THE INFLUENCE OF SAMUEL SMILES’ SELF-HELP. …
Eugène Sue’s serialised crime novel The Mysteries of Paris (1842-3) begins with a device that had been treasured by contributors …