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11 Nov 2023

Fragmented Remarks on Mark Fisher's Ghosts of My Life - Part 1: Lost Futures

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Zero Books (second edition, 2022)     For some reason, the spectral figure of Mark Fisher continues to haunt my imagination [a] .    And, wh...
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9 Nov 2023

Political Reflections on November 9th

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    I.    I'm sure there are reasons why November 9th might resonate within the British memory and cultural imagination; events that too...
7 Nov 2023

From Beatlemania to Dyschronia: Some Thoughts on 'Now and Then'

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Screenshot from the official video (dir. Peter Jackson)  for 'Now and Then', by The Beatles     I.    As a young child, I was never ...
6 Nov 2023

It Was Beauty Killed the Beast

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"It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast."       I.    One of the greatest movies ever made opened in New York...
4 Nov 2023

Jagger is a Punk (2)

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Mick Jagger punking it up whilst performing on set during the making  of the video for 'Respectable' (dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 197...
3 Nov 2023

Education for Death

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The original poster for Walt Disney's  Education for Death (1943)   I.   Education for Death (1943) is an animated short film produced ...
2 Nov 2023

Commemoratio omnium fidelium defunctorum: A Post for All Souls' Day in Memory of My Mother

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Traditionally, candles are used on All Souls' Day to provide  light for the poor souls languishing in purgatorial darkness.     All Sou...
31 Oct 2023

Of Glad Ghosts and Spooky Love Affairs: Halloween With D. H. Lawrence (2023)

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    I.   The dead don't die , wrote D. H. Lawrence [a] , and it's a line that has long haunted my imagination.   Sometimes they look...