Our Man in Gdańsk

• Front Page
• Current Affairs
• History
• Music
• Food and Drink
• Literature/Books
• Travel and Sport
• Film
• Submit a story
• Book Reviews
• Film Reviews
• Music Reviews
• Submit a review

Recent Articles from Three Monkeys Online Magazine

• Halloween. All Hallows Eve - the day between years.

  As children from America through to Italy celebrate Halloween, with the obligatory pumpkins and masks, the celtic and pagan origins of the festival are obscured. Berit Haugen Keyes takes a timely look at the origins and development of the festival.

  
  
• The Dark Heart of Italy - a review

  During the Italian European Union Presidency, Silvio Berlusconi once again shot to prominence all around Europe. Shane Barry reviews The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones, whose thesis remains that Silvio Berlusconi is tied very much to that dark heart.

  
  
• Capitalist Realism

  Uncovering the connections between Legally Blonde and Polish Detective Fiction - Robert Looby introduces the world of Capitalist Realism to Three Monkeys Online

  
  
• In Defence of a Liberal Education.

  Would we accept the foundation, with tax-payers money, of political schools? For example, a neo-conservative school here, or a communist school there, where pupils would be instructed uncritcally in a political ideology? Dr. Stephen Law, author of The War for Children's Minds, argues that we would not, and why, then, should we accept religious schools so readily?

  
  
• Our man in Havana: introducing Leonardo Padura Fuentes and the quill of mystery

  Cuban Leonardo Padura Fuentes, novelist, essayist, and critic is probably best known for his series of detective novels based around the character of Mario Conde in Havana. Three Monkeys met the author on a recent visit to London (he still lives in Cuba) to discuss detective fiction, politics, and how he was misled by Hemmingway.