Arts Book Review: The BIG LGBTQ+ book of activities by Amie Taylor The book has a series of tales with characters that have an LGBTQI identity all illustrated by Liza Stevens who has an effervesce bounce to their artwork, and children love to copy. Each story is then followed by quizzes, worksheets, word-searches, drama activities, colouring and writing activities. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Book Review: She’s my Dad by Sarah Savage Local author Sarah Savage has produced a brightly illustrated book for children aged 3 – 7 which engages in an effective and gentle way in an early years setting of family diversity. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Book Review: David Hockney: A Life by Catherine Cusset Cussets’ book is a homage to an artist adored, with the fiction and fact blended together, like canvas and paint to give an overwhelming sensation of complete narrative, capturing an element of movement which unfolds into a wider understanding of this charming man and his charmed life. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Book Review: Born to Be Public by Greg Mania Taking us through his hook ups, sexual adventures, skirmishes with mental health and tender rejections of romance, a laugh out loud coming out story and his searching for reality and authenticity in a world which seems to be obsessed with image. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan The stories examine, from a women’s perspective, themes of life, fear, flesh and violence. Mothers, children, compromise, struggle. Logan’s forensic prose peeling back the skin of dreams to reveal the rawness below. The tension in them is palpable and the words slide into your imagination, uncoiling By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: The Private Joys of Nnenna Malony by Okechukwu Nzelu Sharply observing the contradictions of modern urban life, sharing a delighted love of the city of Manchester, and of its weirdly adorable residents, Nzelu’s voice, original and so beautifully bold gives us insight into Nnenna’s world as she finds some answers, but unfurling more questions on race, By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: Mama’s boy by Dustin Lance Black The book moved & touched me with its honesty approach to grief, loss and the difficulties of moving on. He holds up the real angels in his life, his brother and mother, both now dead. With a candour which is unsentimental but tender and embracing tells us their, and his story. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Books: The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper The book explores how living in the full gaze of the internet impacts on mental health and also how much creative energy, presentation and touched up fakery goes into presenting the ‘everyday life’ as content for the ravenous appetite of Reality TV or social media platforms. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Book Review: ‘The Little Book of Pride’ by Lewis Laney The Little Book of Pride proves that size definitely doesn’t matter by squeezing everything you need to know about Pride into 144 pages. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Books: United QueerDom by Dan Glass Although many people believe queers are now free and should assimilate into a wider heteronormative world, Dan Glass shows that the fight is far from over. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Books – Genre Fluid by Dan Webber REVIEW: Books – Genre Fluid by Dan Webber By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Tainted Beauty by Yvy DeLuca REIVEW: Books Tainted Beauty by Yvy DeLuca By Eric Page • 2 min read
