• The Chimes

    Dickens satirises the middle classes and those in office that promoted policy that sought to prevent working-class people from marrying and having families. Read more

  • Square Baw

    The passion and beat of the lines are like the thunderous clapping of a chanting crowd. Read more

  • […] fable-like and pourquoi stories that are funny and entertaining, in which Gray demonstrates the breadth of his talent as a writer. Read more

  • This [collection] demonstrates an attention to detail and knowledge of the Highland way of life in the face of its degradation which began with the genocide perpetrated after the Jacobite Uprising and the ethnic cleansing that continued apace during the lifetime of Scott. Read more

  • The book gives testament to the bravery of ordinary men and women […] who stood up to face legal threat and military violence in the face of famine and destitution. Read more