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When the Swedish movie director Karin af Klintberg, known for her documentaries, was asked about the secret to her success, she replied: "I don't measure my work in quantity, but..." Here we go again, I thought. The usual talk about...
My mum's friend Rachel has a one-woman show on at the Fringe. As, apparently, the only orthodox Jew on the UK comedy circuit she has constructed a fully interactive Jewish Mother experience. Like several shows on the fringe, it relies on...
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #34 (1985)Art by Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky•This is a very strong issue, and a good candidate for any "best of" G.I. Joe collection, at least among the issues I've read so far. It's a done-in-one story,...
Before we begin, I’m thrilled to share that Open Lunar Foundation is continuing as a sponsor of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter for the sixth year! 🌕Open Lunar is a US-based non-profit organization with a global team that develops...
there's a kind of emotional work required in friendships that just kicks the shit out of me sometimes, and i fear this maybe makes me a bad person. its the showing up, when things get awkward and difficult. you fucked up, and now you...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 6th March 2026 If there was ever a country with the history and mythological inspiration for true heavy metal, it would be Greece. But let’s be honest, it is better know for its particular brand of...
Very quickly filling up a notebook with bad ideas. Which is the only way I know of to get at the better ideas. Blew through my to-do list. Blasting through some script now. Ganzeer sent me an email the other day headed “Going Hard,” and...
Back in the day, before about 1995, if you wanted to use a terminal emulator, you used xterm That was 30 years ago. Because you use Linux as I recommend, I strongly encourage you to use xterm today. It’s still the best terminal emulator.
Human Computers : Une histoire de l’Informatique Laborieuse. Suivi de Six protocoles d’autodéfense, by the artistic collective RYBN.ORG. Published by Les Éditions UV. Since 2013, RYBN.ORG has been investigating the phenomenon of...
I just read Black Bag by Luke Kennard. It is funny and good. Don’t let its Booker nomination put you off. Just give your hands a good wash after reading it and you’ll be fine. The book’s about an actor who must wear a black leather bag...
The Lewes pound was a local currency in the town of Lewes in East Sussex. It was introduced in 2008, but was discontinued in 2025 due to the growth of cashless payments and a general lack of interest. The Lewes Pound was fixed at £1...
For 50 years we have worshipped the #deathcult – endless growth, extraction, competition and individualism – and now we are living with the damage that this has done to our society and the living world. A hard shift to the right won’t...
I had a quick flick through the 50+ drafts dating back to 2013 sat in the back-end this morning and spotted one near the top entitled ‘West Midlands Autumn Cup Powerlifting Competition’. That comp happened nearly three years ago...
But before they slept, they committed one last act of divine betrayal. They fell upon one of their beloved named Gellasatrac, shredding him completely so that one future day their servants could feast upon his flesh and his blood and be...
When we went to Mexico a year ago our seven-year-old granddaughter asked us to bring back a picture of Frida Kahlo. She had managed to penetrate the awareness of a small girl in South London 70 years after her death. How had Kahlo...