Category Archives: Reviews

The Art of Wandering: The Writer as Walker by Merlin Coverley

Posted on 14/12/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – December 2022 For such a seemingly innocuous activity, and one which is commonly conducted with the participant largely oblivious to its operation, the act of walking has aquired a surprising degree of cultural significance. This is a … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Books of the Year, 2022

Posted on 24/11/2022 by Bobby Seal

What is psychogeography, anyway?  My understanding of the concept is three-fold: it is a theory, a practice and a body of evidence.  The most interesting of these, for me, is the body of evidence: the books, works of art and … Continue reading →

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CB Editions

Posted on 21/11/2022 by Bobby Seal

the old punk spirit that inspires the best kind of artists: if you’re dissatisfied with the culture, do something about it. Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian CB Editions is the brainchild of writer and publisher Charles Boyle. He also commissions, edits, … Continue reading →

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The Half-Life of Snails by Philippa Holloway

Posted on 14/11/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – November 2022 The hollowness of the space like a migraine building behind her eyes. The landscape transformed by absence, defined by it. The Half-Life of Snails is a novel permeated by a sense of place. Philippa Holloway … Continue reading →

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Borderland: Identity and belonging at the edge of England by Phil Hubbard

Posted on 09/11/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – November 2022 What could I say about borders and bordering that would help others make sense of Brexit? My mind raced through the different forms of exclusionary nationalism – social, cultural, political, environmental – that I had … Continue reading →

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Terminal Zones by Gareth E Rees

Posted on 15/08/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – August 2022 Maybe it’s the heat. This endless summer drought, longer even than the one we had last year, and the one before that. There’s not a cloud in the sky. The sun is bastard hot. As … Continue reading →

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Robinson in Chronostasis by Sam Jenks with Koji Tsukada and Dan Jackson

Posted on 08/06/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – June 2022 My mind settled on one turbulent year in my life in  which I moved home nine times. I wrote about a moment where, standing in a 19th floor council flat in Shepherds Bush, London, I … Continue reading →

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Nettles by Adam Scovell

Posted on 16/05/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – May 2022 I was weak and He was strong. I was shy and He was confident. I was afraid of violence, whereas He thrived on it. Yet, He would die, and I would kill Him. I read … Continue reading →

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Shalimar by Davina Quinlivan

Posted on 01/05/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – May 2022 Years on, the boy will think about the mangoes again when his daughter is all grown up and he is seven decades old and dying of cancer. He will know that his lungs are failing … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair

Posted on 20/04/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – April 2022 She knew now what had happened to her. She was afraid of Harding Powell; and it was her fear that had cried to her to go, to get away from him. The awful thing was … Continue reading →

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