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, 20231Dec 19, 20231
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
Archaeology as explanation: the origins of economic thoughtTwo books I have read recently have both been on a similar topic; the origins of current economic thinking. The first by Quinn Slobidian…Jan 20, 2021Jan 20, 2021
The Irrationality of PowerThe liberal, Enlightenment idea of ‘rationality’ is a concept which has been used as the external validator of human actions. If something…Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
The haunting of a Phantom ThreadThe film Phantom Thread, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and apparently Daniel Day-Lewis’ last film is a well-made, tightly shot film…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
The myth of the political mistakeThere have been a number of government policies enacted by this Conservative government which have served to illustrate the…Jan 24, 2018Jan 24, 2018
Fictitious debate: The fetishisation of disagreementThere has been a trend recently of the fetishisation of “agree to disagree” politics: the perceived ability of the political system to…Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
If capitalism didn’t exist it would have to be imaginedhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2017/08/20/why-is-westeros-still-poor/#298436d42abdSep 11, 2017Sep 11, 2017
Discounted opinions: The circulation of sub-prime commentThe financial crisis that rippled across the world in 2007/8 was the result of hubris and overconfidence in the ability of the financial…Sep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017
