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Speech, Power and Silence in Glengarry Glen Ross
Looking at the film through the lens of Derrida and Gramsci
Sep 2
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August 2025
The Art of Offense - The Sacred Obscenity of Bad Wisdom
Madness, quests, and meaning in a deeply transgressive novel
Aug 26
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Snooker At The End Of The World - Part 2
Genius and Decline: O’Sullivan, China’s Rise, and Britain’s Broken Pipeline
Aug 23
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The Death of the Decade
How Cultural Time Collapsed, Truth Fragmented, and the Past Refused to Die
Aug 18
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Snooker At The End of World - Part 1
Inside the Drama, Discipline, and Delicacy of Snooker
Aug 15
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Men in Love by Irvine Welsh: A Review and a Reception
Let me say first of all that Irvine Welsh is a favourite author of mine.
Aug 8
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Art on Trial: How Moral Surveillance Replaced Criticism
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Aug 5
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July 2025
Book Review
I just reviewed the new Irvine Welsh book for the Spectator.
Jul 26
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June 2025
Deep Cuts and Bruises #3 - Bhundu Boys, "Baba Munini Francis"
A jewel from Zimbabwe
Jun 29
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Art With Spikes: Cruising (1980)
Identity, desire, and the vanished world of the leather bars
Jun 15
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Deep Cuts and Bruises #2 - Kraftwerk, "Kometenmelodie 2"
Second in a series eulogising great songs
Jun 10
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The Constipation of Culture: Why Nothing New Gets Through and Nothing Old Goes Away
How late capitalism turned culture into content and content into sludge
Jun 4
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