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My review of Michio Kaku and Audrey Magee in Big Issue

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Here is my Big Issue column reviewing Michio Kaku’s The Future of the Mind (Allen Lane) and The Undertaking by Audrey Magee (Atlantic). Two very different books, but both intriguing in their own way.  

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My Big Issue reviews of Willy Vlautin and Helen Oyeyemi

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here are my reviews in The Big Issue of The Free (Faber) by Willy Vlautin and Boy, Snow, Bird (Picador) by Helen Oyeyemi. I liked Oyeyemi’s book well enough, and I thought The Free was absolutely terrific. I’ve … Continue reading →

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My Big Issue reviews of Christos Tsiolkas and Pamela Erens

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here is my Big Issue column reviewing Barracuda (Atlantic) by Christos Tsiolkas (Atlantic) and The Virgins (John Murray) by Pamela Erens. Both fine in their own, very different ways.

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Reviews of Metallica and Alan McGee books in the Big Issue

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

‘Metal up your ass’. Guess who’s catchphrase that was, Metallica or Alan McGee? Correct. Last month saw a couple of pretty interesting music tomes out, Birth School Metallica Death (Faber) by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood and Alan McGee’s autobiography, Creation … Continue reading →

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Reviews of Melissa Benn and Kate Adie books in Big Issue

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here is my latest double-header book review in The Big Issue magazine, What Should We Tell Our Daughters? by Melissa Benn and Fighting On The Home Front by Kate Adie, both dealing with feminism, kind of, but coming at it from … Continue reading →

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My reviews of David Vann and Douglas Coupland in The Big Issue

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here are my Big Issue reviews of David Vann’s Goat Mountain and Douglas Coupland’s Worst Person Ever, both published by William Heinemann. One I loved, the other not so much. Find out which was which by clicking.

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My Big Issue review of Vic Galloway and John Higgs books

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here is my latest piece of blether in The Big Issue’s books section, this time reviewing the rather excellent Songs in the Key of Fife (Polygon) by Vic Galloway and The KLF (Phoenix) by John Higgs. A couple of cracking … Continue reading →

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My Big Issue review of Tampa by Alissa Nutting and Straight White Male by John Niven

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

  Aye so, my latest column in The Big Issue magazine is now online. In it, I review Tampa (Faber & Faber) by Alissa Nutting and John Niven’s Straight White Male (William Heinemann). These are two of my favourite books … Continue reading →

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Books I reviewed in April (and some I didn’t)

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Monthly journo round up time. Here’s the great and not so great from April: Will Oldham, On Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (Faber) – Start of a series of books from Faber where leftfield musicians interview themselves. Intriguing idea, and a good … Continue reading →

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the list v the big issue

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, some little nuggets of press coverage for Smokeheads. Here is a great piece written by Dave Pollock at The List, in which I suggest my dad made me an alcoholic, and here is a mediocre piece written by … Continue reading →

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