Aug
13
STATUE STRIPPERS
In a recent Guardian article referring to Clive of India as an "asset stripper," I couldn’t help
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Aug
06
WHERE HAS THE TIME ALL GONE TO?
A great double bill I've been thinking about lately would be Mike Nichols' Biloxi Blues, starring Matthew
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Aug
04
COPS SHOT THE KID
2018 was an incredibly prolific year for Kanye West, as he produced five albums over one wild summer: Pusha T’
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Jul
31
4 DAYS OUT
Re-watching Episode 9 of Breaking Bad, Season 2, I found myself experiencing a touch of PTSD—reminded of what happens
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Jul
31
CHILDHOOD TREASURE
I went to see The Goonies 40th Anniversary screening the other evening—because why not? It made more sense than
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Jul
30
THE SOUND OF FREEDOM
I've often said that jazz is the sound of freedom, with its fearless ability to move in mercurial
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Jul
30
NINOTCHKA AND OUR NEW AGE OF CENSORSHIP
Anna: You know how it is today. All you have to do is wear a pair of silk stockings and
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Jul
29
A TOUCH OF CLASS
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and
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Jul
28
KINGSMEN VS THE GLOBALISTS
Given the absolute scorn directed at the British working class these days—especially post-Brexit—by much of the sneering middle
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Jul
24
THE UNSUBSCRIBERS
On Losing Subscribers (and Still Needing to Write)
I recently lost a few subscribers to my blog.
Part of me
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