‘Underdogs’ is the debut novel from Middlesbrough writer Louise Powell, and it captures life on the fringes, particularly among those drawn to the ‘flapping’—or independent greyhound racing—community. Reg is up to his eyes in red letters, but he hopes to…

What does the Pacific Northwest produce in the 1970s? Well, among other things, serial killers and serial amounts of deadly pollution. In Murderland, Caroline Fraser suggests that these two facts are not unrelated. “Recipes for making a serial killer may …

The debut album from this Hartlepool three-piece is all kinds of stunning. They say their music sits at the intersection of “alternative rock, post-industrial electronica and dark wave”, which, yes, it does, but their tunes also have a quite glorious lyri…