Agnotology

Books / 10 November 2026 Literary criticism or brusque stridency? 10 November 2026 CHRIS MOSS wrestles with an ambitious, occasionally entertaining and highly subjective survey of the British novel

SANTIAGO FOUZ HERNANDEZ explores La Bola Negra, a thrilling historical survey of changing Spanish attitudes to homosexuality

RITA DI SANTO speaks to RASHID MASHARAWI, the producer of over 30 films from Gaza including this year's candidate for the Oscars, Citizen Osama

TONY BURKE recommends a history of US ‘struggle music’ that is detailed, breathtaking and worth checking out

BRENT CUTLER relishes a life that arose from Manchester’s underground scene to the highest peaks of TV fame

Beware of the pandemic devastating the States, spread by mouth at rallies and gatherings, carried on chants, a virus cultured in echo chambers by spin doctors to choke reason, kill doubt on contact, turn brains to slurry, make hordes into herds unable to ruminate, driven by unseen hands towards a land of mirages,where guns are the answer not the problem, where prices are lowest when they’re at their highest, where wars are declared over before they’ve begun, where enemies are best friends,best friends enemies, where the poor donate their last dollar to the rich.

Keep your distance, it thrives on proximity!

Nigel Kent is the author of three collections — Fall, Unmuted and Saudade; three pamphlets — Sent, Benchwarmers and Psychopathogen; and two poetry conversations with Sarah Thomson — Thinking You Home and A Hostile Environment. All published by Hedgehog Poetry Press. His latest collection Bonds is due out this year.

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