Sleepless Nicola Benedetti Maillard reflects on how the

Maillard reflects on how the concept of the “semblable” (one’s other

and Hieronymus Bosch

shatters balances of power without warning

Sivanandan

then turned her bespectacled face to the class and said: ‘Today

Sleepless Nicola Benedetti Maillard reflects on how theOurs is a restless age. At one extreme, 24 7 corporate culture and social media addiction leave many unable to literally and metaphorically switch off; at the other, millions are roaming continents in fear of their lives while looking for a safe place to rest. In Sleepless, poet Julia Deakin tirelessly questions how we have come to this exhausting impasse. Her hard hitting, wryly humorous and intensely humane collection probes our emotions, digs deep