Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Vintage / Penguin Random House, 2024, paperback 136 pages) A Day in the Life Six people get up, eat, exercise, do their jobs, take time to reflect, look out of the window, socialise and go to sleep. Just an ordinary day. Each of them have their every waking hour mapped out:… Continue reading Falling Forever
Month: January 2025
Losing Your Marbles
The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions by Adam Kuper (2023, Profile Books, 416 pages) Jump in… Holiday Souvenirs As Western Europeans forged trade routes and “discovered” New Worlds in Africa, Asia and America, planting their flags and striding over their colonies, so the first huge accumulations of cultural artefacts were… Continue reading Losing Your Marbles