A new study by Florencia San Martin looks at the work of Alfredo Jaar and the political valency of his visual, mostly installation, art. Sean Sheehan Jaar’s work challenges political indifference with images and gestures that solicit more than passive spectatorship. Five years after moving to New York […]
Culture
Latino cinema opens its soul in London
From the Lumière brothers to “Secret in Their Eyes”, cinema has shown itself to be a cultural asset that explains the human soul in the most eloquent way. At the beginning of October the London Latino Film Festival opens, its purpose to show through film the essence of a diverse […]
China Miéville’s long-awaited new novel
When it comes to fiction, it seemed China Miéville had gone into retirement – “The book of elsewhere”, two years ago, hardly counts – but now “The Rouse” has been published and the long wait has been worth it. Sean Sheehan Coming in at nearly 1300 pages, this […]
Down to Earth with words: A fair for real voices
From mythic narratives to community poetry and children’s workshops, literature offers a grounded space to explore human experience. The London Spanish Book & Zine Fair returns to Conway Hall on 3 October 2026, bringing together acclaimed authors, independent publishers and readers for a celebration of Spanish-language writing. Marwan Nabli […]
Revolution
A revolution can be taken to mean a change in the economic power structure of a society but, as Donald Sassoon points out in “Revolutions”, this hardly applies to the American War of Independence. Sean Sheehan It does, however, serve to describe the spirit and the substance of […]
















