2020

Into New Music Review: The Pierce Kingans and Weekend Lovers

Into Music continue to squirrel away in the background, listening to an array of artists, from the established to the underground in our quest to bring you some top tunes. Speaking of which, the following have made an impression… Artist: The Pierce Kingans Album: Pierce and Love Label: Subjangle  Subjangle Records have delivered some lesser known acts […]

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Into Books Review: Glass Work Humans – Stories and Poems

Book: Glass Work Humans – Stories and Poems from… Authors: Paul Cowan, Tom Gillespie and John McKenzie. Publisher: Valley Press Esteemed American author William Faulkner once claimed, modestly, that he was a failed poet. ‘Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most

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Into Books Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Book: Shuggie Bain Author: Douglas Stuart Publisher: Picador, 2020 Douglas Stuart’s Booker prizewinning debut novel, Shuggie Bain, set in 1980s Thatcher-ravaged Glasgow and surrounds, is a tragic portrayal of growing up in government-imposed poverty that is capable of arousing both visceral anger and human warmth at the flip of a page.  Shuggie, a child struggling

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