Recent Reads: In My Blue Era

Blue Sisters (2024)

“Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this unforgettable story of grief, identity, and the complexities of family.”

Revolutionary Acts: Love and Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain (2024)

“In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour, hungry to tell its past – of nightlife, resistance, political fights, loss, gossip, sex, romance and vulgarity. Through their conversations he seeks to reconcile the Black and gay narratives of Britain, narratives frequently cleaved as distinct and unrelated.”

We Are Free to Change the World (2024)

“Written with passion and authority, Lyndsey Stonebridge’s We Are Free to Change the World illuminates Arendt’s life and work and its urgent dialogue with our troubled present. It calls on each of us to think our way, as Hannah Arendt did – unflinchingly, lovingly, and defiantly – through our own unpredictable times.“

Actually not finished yet but most likely

Featured painting, The Blue Room by Pablo Picasso (1901)