The novel has a pretty fun concept, basically the French Revolution but with magic. And that rights include the rights of commoners to wield their magic (parallel with voting rights see?) And we see the action from three points: Robespierre in France, Pitt and Wilberforce in London, and Toussaint (again through the eyes of Fina, who is a slave who escapes Jamaica). Continue reading
Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle. Spectacle over substance. Continue reading
Okay, everyone just buy this book because it is fabulous. Especially if you live in London and love its history. It’s 10 chapters of radical protest, documenting both campaign successes and failures throughout various bits of London – from Battersea to Bermondsey and Clerkenwell to Shoreditch. It is populated with the most amazing people, union … Continue reading
I don’t know what has come over me this year. I’ve lived in London for almost 8 years now and I have done, by all accounts, a lot of things. I’ve been on the London Eye, climbed up Big Ben, Tower of London, Monument, you name it. Lots of museums and things, moreso, than the … Continue reading
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