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Saw it Coming. Futurism, Vorticism and the Prescience of H.G. Wells

17/06/2016

On the 150th anniversary of his birth, H.G. Wells continues to inspire. ...

And then there was just Madame Hillary. Hold the Champagne.

08/06/2016

Hillary Clinton may have taken the Democratic nomination, but that leaves little to celebrate...

Yearning for Pet Sounds

02/06/2016

Predating instant gratification by decades, Pet Sounds expresses a yearning which still makes for emotional listening. Essay...

Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

30/05/2016

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

All Wrong: the misguided adventures of an art world hero (Grayson Perry)

26/05/2016

The roving potter lines up his newest quaint exhibits: the northern working classes...

In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

18/05/2016

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

Killer Hillary or the Lumpentrumpetariat; On Choosing the Lesser of two Evils

16/05/2016

A presidency headed by either Donald Trump or the Clinton Cartel will make the world a more dangerous place. Essay...

In, Out, Shake it All About. What Politicians Forget About a Unified Europe (Part Three)

12/05/2016

Beyond nationalism, economics and finance, there are sound reasons for a unified Europe. Its bloody history among them. Essay...

In, Out, Shake it All About. What Politicians Forget About a Unified Europe (Part Two)

05/05/2016

History provides a template for the society we live in. Outside of Europe, Britain would only have its own....

Does Bernie Have the Balls for an Independent Sanders Bid?

29/04/2016

Beaten by the occult machinations of the Democratic National Committee, should Sanders mount his own campaign?...

In, Out, Shake it All About. What Politicians Forget About a Unified Europe

27/04/2016

Beyond the fiscal spreadsheets and the chest-beating nationalism, there are lesser-reported nuances to the European membership debate. Essay...

Old People are Dying, Pass me my Phone!

22/04/2016

A culture of shared and retweeted grief stinks of narcissism, not compassion....

Mantra for Fulfilled Living: Battling distraction, addiction and domination

20/04/2016

Be weak, for strength in a violent world is an ignoble tool...

Nothing Happens at All, Part Three: Charity

16/04/2016

If possessions enslave us, and suffering numbs us, what gives us a warm, if impotent, glow? Charity...

Madam Hillary: A Timeline of Serving the Powerful

13/04/2016

A presidential hopeful reserves the right to change her mind, but Hillary Clinton repeatedly shows that this lady IS for turning....

Possessions, Suffering, Charity: Why Nothing Ever Happens (Part Two)

08/04/2016

Far from de-sensitizing us, repeated media imagery of suffering neatly cows us into lucrative obesiance...

Lovecraft Under Will. Liber Al Vel Legis and the Sharp Beak of Horus (H.P. Lovecraft)

07/04/2016

In a century of terror, perhaps Lovecraft's visions make more sense than ever...

The Last Man on the Moon

04/04/2016

Gene Kernan was the last man on the moon. This is his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss....

Smoke, Mirrors, and a Dishonest Lexicon.

02/04/2016

Even the words we use are skewed to obfuscate truth and maintain elites. What we call 'terrorism' could also be termed 'effect'. Essay...

(Why) Nothing Ever Happens, Nothing Happens at All

31/03/2016

Possessions, Suffering, Charity. A trinity to stultify a population and assuage the morality of the comfortable pragmatists....

Hillary’s Hair-Trigger Partisans Versus Trump’s Smalltown Nostalgists. A Zero Sum Game

24/03/2016

In a battle between Trump and Clinton, should it come to that, no-one wins. Essay...

Caliban’s Rage at the Blank Touchscreen: On Becoming a 21st Century Savage

21/03/2016

The acceleration of technology beyond the layman's ken makes us little more than blissfully ignorant slaves - should we not be noble savages instead? ...

Feel the Bern if it Makes You Happy, but Don’t Hope For a Fairytale Ending

19/03/2016

Sanders as president is a dream too far, writes Phil Rockstroh from New York...

Losers, Lawnmowers and The Grave of Jack Kerouac

12/03/2016

Hitting the road for the birthday of Jack Kerouac, Scott Laudati wends a weary way to the writer's graveside...

Genocide By a Thousand Tory Cuts. (Employment and Support Allowance Slashed)

11/03/2016

Make no mistake about it: Persistent Tory cuts to disability benefits are a gradual, unglamorous, and barely reported-upon genocide. Essay...

After the Revolution, Beyond the Randian Superhero.

10/03/2016

Should we be grubbing for the favours of the benevolent altruist, or forging a fairer world for all? Essay on the false prophets of philanthropy...

Why the Size of Trump’s Hands Matters: Deconstructing the Randian Superman

05/03/2016

The business superman is Better Than You: examining Ayn Rand's construction of that most pertinent of myths...

Sanders’ Super Tuesday Smackdown? The Surprise is that he made it this far.

03/03/2016

Still Hope for Sanders? Not unless you hope he'll roll over for Hillary. Super Tuesday, reaction....

The Right Business: Politics and the Randian Hero

26/02/2016

Wealth does not denote moral worth, so why does it make politicians popular? Essay...

Seductive Storytelling, Metaphor and Myth (Shifter at Soho Theatre)

25/02/2016

Layered fables, haunting modern myth and Afro-Caribbean folk tales in Crick Crack Club's Soho Theatre session...

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