The Halva-MakerThe Halva Maker (in Arabic, Al Halwani, 2022) is a three part novel, contributes through the medium of fiction to this different interpretation of the historical record, in that its third segment, entitled The Kurd, is set during the final years of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt and the attempts by Amaury (Almaric), Crusader King of Jerusalem, to take advantage of the weaknesses of the Egyptian regime. A central figurethe Kurd of the sections titleis

surreal exploration of femininity

No matter how common are the situations she depicts - whether it be broken marriages

born of a fence that separates nowhere from the now and here

To steady his life

The poems in Anne-Marie Fyfe’s new poetry collection

Elsewhere there are tender love poems

Tommy Brad

A family huddled together for survival

performed in Leeds and Bridlington

but also convey the irrepressible sense that Roger Robinson cannot help but love people for their humour

"A defiant individualist

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