The Stromness Dinner Layla al-Juhni

The Stromness Dinner Layla al-JuhniEd fits kitchens in the small family business in London, and hes wondering if there isnt more to life. So when Marcus, a client in banking, offers him an extra job refurbishing a cottage in Stromness he thinks, why not? Orkney is certainly a welcome change of scene from Bermondsey, and the works easy enough. Then Marcus sister Claire arrives, all city power and perfume, and events take an unexpected turn. The Stromness Dinner is an offbeat, entirely

We can hardly wait

The Masochist forges an intimate portrait of a young

She stakes everything on a new life in Hanover with its royal family

from the open spaces around Kladow to which I owed my first moments of freedom and exhilaration

‘je suis tous les autres’

Linda France

Amjad Nasser – Eight Poems

sometimes sinister imagery reminiscent of Pan’s Labyrinth or an Angela Carter novel

such as the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia)

Monzer Masri Three Poems

empathy and variety challenge the conventions of established drama

they seem so fearful