Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “Even Though,” the first song from the New Haven-based Pigeon English’s EP Coo!, starts with a ...

Knife fights might seem like a quaint way to settle gang spats; they hark back to West Side Story more than The Wire. In Britain, however, knife violence is a seemingly ever-present threat. In 2008, ...

London oddsmakers don't favor Stephen Kelman, a former warehouse worker, to win the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, Oct. 18. I can't imagine he cares. Kelman is 33, and his first novel, "Pigeon English," ...

Susan Humphries reviews Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman. When Stephen Kelman was nominated for this year's Booker Prize for his novel Pigeon English, he said he felt like he had gatecrashed the party ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Writing in a child’s voice is always a high-wire act, requiring the author to balance the demands of a sophisticated narrative with the credible limits of a juvenile narrator. Those who have pulled it ...

Tackling themes of gang culture, poverty and immigration, Pigeon English is a thoroughly relevant, thoroughly contemporary play. It feels like a natural fit for the National Youth Theatre’s 16-strong ...