Ship Shape: The metaphors of British politics“The only reason we have sails on the ship, and the ship is ship shape, is because Keir Starmer took the vessel from a shipwreck in 2019…Jul 12, 2024Jul 12, 2024
Britain’s Dialectical ImagesGraham Norton is squirting salad cream on Denise van Outen’s breasts.Dec 19, 2023Dec 19, 2023
ChatGPT, AI and the contingency of technologyChatGPT is here. AI is here. LLMs are here. GenAI is here.Jul 21, 2023Jul 21, 2023
Historical VerisimilitudeThe film Corsage does something very interesting with its costumes, settings and set dressing, which raises interesting points about what…Jan 19, 2023Jan 19, 2023
The Real and the UnrealWe increasingly experience reality through televisual and film media, and as such we have become less and less sure of what is real, and…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
South Norwood and the Conservative ClubSouth Norwood and the Conservative Club: the poverty of the land as a function of the wealth of the clubMar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022
Great Coincidence and RevelationsGreat Expectations; the quintessential Victorian bildungsroman. It tells the story of Pip, the unlucky product of the early-nineteenth…Oct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
I Think You Should Leave and America’s dark heartI Think You Should Leave is the comedy vehicle of Tim Robinson, a former SNL alumnus, formed of a series of short, sharp absurd sketches…Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021
The anti-capitalism capitalism of Gregg WallaceGregg Wallace; The Talking Egg; The Eggman; Gr-Egg Wallace; Gregg Wallace looks like an egg, and Gregg Wallace is everywhere, taking over…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
Against ‘Originism’In a previous article I introduced the concept of ‘Originism’, and in this article I will define this term, explain the significance of it…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
