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Regular readers know we've been discussing the deeply dysfunctional and just plain weird culture of the techno-optimists for going on 20 years now.Probably the first thing you need to keep in mind when dealing with the movement is that...
Business and money are the only two obscene topics left in American poetry. You can write specifically about sexual acts or excrement in American poetry and be praised, but if you write about business, you’re considered somehow polluted....
The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar holds quite a significant place in performance history to which its ongoing longevity attests. First staged in 2020 at the venue, it transferred to the Barbican a...
"Norwich Evening News," February 3, 1970, via Newspapers.comIf you’re at all familiar with my Twitter/X or Facebook feeds, you know that I periodically share old newspaper reports about the seemingly endless varieties of mayhem carried...
Recent Comments recording — jg: “Well, the camera pooped out after 15 minutes. I suspect it got too hot. The advice is to remove the internal battery and just run on the…”
A few holidays among colleagues, so it was a nice, quiet week at work. I bought a pack of Tim Tams for a slice of nostalgia from my time in Australia/NZ. I think they're fairly widespread in the UK now, but I hadn't had one for years....
I’m the comics editor of a literary journal, and when we received this submission, I nearly accepted it. In fact, I was pretty excited. I was co-teaching Creating Comics at the time and had just been talking about different kinds of...
What's been happeningAnother week, another late post - this time because I wanted to publish the Berrima Travelogue out. It's the week we'd been waiting for since the time we had booked our car. The week started with a call from the...
My brain dump of today. To put the thoughts I've been having lately on paper... Most of my headspace is going to the topic: how do I do all the things I want every week? I feel so out of my routine. And it's hard to find it again! I've...
Welcome to a linked rundown of global developments in the exploration of our Moon across the first half of 2026. There’s also a section on global outlook because we must not forget our interconnectedness and collective action needs over...
Happy birthday, Adela! (Also, my blog is 13 years old today, 3 July!) As I mentioned at the end of my previous Adam Smith post (see here), Smith devotes Addition #11 (pp. 13-22) of his 1784 pamphlet to the herring bounty. Here, he begins...
By NikolineSelf PublishedOSRLevels 3-8 As above, so below. Above, Tell Arn is abandoned, the Hyrkossi kings ashamed of what is buried there. Below, stranger kings hold greater shames, and greater terrors are locked away. The mistakes of...
Working hard won’t make you rich. I know that’s not what we’ve grown up hearing. We’ve heard the opposite. Put in the hours. Outwork everyone. Grind now, get paid later. Do that long enough and the money shows up. It doesn’t work that...
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →
I’ve been on a rose trail for years. I’ve collected roses in France, Bulgaria, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Iran and even China. From the velvety richness of classical French perfumes to the luminous transparency of contemporary...