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GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
The ABC of Typography by David Rault
Excellent graphic account of how written word in print and online came into being
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
THE alluring idea behind David Rault’s entertaining and instructive comic book The ABC of Typography is that a graphic account of the development of Latin script would introduce a new generation to the historical framework in which the visual appearance of the written word developed.
Comic books appeal to a very wide readership, from pre-school children through to earnest intellectuals, and their great facility in conveying complex ideas in an accessible way makes them an ideal medium for the instruction as well as entertainment that this book provides.
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