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From riches to rags: The Effingers, by Gabriele Tergit, reviewed

17 January 2026 9:00 am

Beginning in 1878, this family saga charts the success of two Jewish brothers in Berlin before the coming of the Nazis threatens not only their livelihoods but their lives

The cars that ate Birmingham

27 August 2022 9:00 am

During my gap year in 1981, I worked on the 24th floor of Birmingham’s Alpha Tower for the Regional Manpower…

The Silver Ghost, illustrated by Stefan Marjoram

The Ghost in the machine

12 December 2015 9:00 am

One of the great joys of the late Brian Sewell’s style of writing was his almost child-like bluntness. He had…