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10 Oct 2025

Do You Know What's Funny? Do You Know What Really Makes Me Laugh? I Used to Think That Sid's Death Was a Tragedy, But Now I Realise It's a Fucking Comedy

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Heath Ledger as the Joker in  The Dark Knight  (2008) and an early visualisation of the character  based on Sex Pistol Sid Vicious      I.  ...
9 Oct 2025

On the Figure of the Fallen Woman

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Detail from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's  unfinished painting  Found  (1869) Oil on canvas (36 x 32 in) [1]     I.   Due to a pair of unrela...
7 Oct 2025

Scarlet Threads

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A Study in Scarlet   (SA/2025)    There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life,  and our duty is to...
5 Oct 2025

On the Planet of the Apes with Jerry Goldsmith

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Jerry Goldsmith (allegedly) wore a gorilla mask while writing  and conducting the score to  Planet of the Apes  (1968)  in order to   better...
4 Oct 2025

In Memory of Soo Catwoman

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Soo Catwoman (1954 - 2025) Photo by Ray Stevenson     I.    What Roland Barthes felt about the face of Greta Garbo, I feel about the face of...
2 Oct 2025

Russ Bestley: 'Turning Revolt Into Style' (2025): Notes on Chapters 6-8

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Russ Bestley:  Turning Revolt Into Style  (Manchester University Press, 2025) Stephen Alexander (à la Jamie Reid):  God Save Russ Bestley  (...
30 Sept 2025

Russ Bestley: 'Turning Revolt Into Style' (2025): Notes on Chapters 3-5

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Russ Bestley:  Turning Revolt Into Style   (Manchester University Press, 2025)     I.   It's true that although UK punk began in London,...