Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

Beauty and memories in Petals and Granite: A review

Book Title: Petals & Granite Publishers: Polatsphere Books, Minna Editors: Saddiq Dzukogi & Wale Owoade Reviewer: Ramatu Ali Ohioma During a q

Philip Pullman leads writers condemning ‘pernicious’ book discounts

With more than two months to go before Philip Pullman’s long-awaited new novel from the world of His Dark Materials is published, pre-orders hav

Five books in remembrance of Ranti Abosede Daudu

The news of Ranti’s death came to me as a huge shock. We had not spoken for a while and I was not aware that she had been ill. Just the sudden n

A day with Wole Soyinka

It is a rarity that anybody catches Professor Wole Soyinka napping with a question. The highly cerebral Nobel laureate was always at home with interro

The art and artistry of double Dutch

The main ingredients? A pair of swirling ropes, two turners to maneuver them and at least one jumper to feel out the rhythm, slip seamlessly in betwee