I recently had the pleasure of attending a talk with Guardian journalist George Monbiot, discussing his latest book, Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis. I felt like I had been in the lecture theatre before, only I was suddenly the youngest there. The average age of the audience must …
To keep myself occupied whilst I worked last summer, printing t-shirt after t-shirt, I would listen to lectures and podcasts. Before, I had drained Radiohead’s discography, often missing telephone calls and deliveries in the office due to my preference of having the music mind-numbingly loud. I saw the decision to cut out Thom Yorke as … Continue reading Am I a socialist? Redefining political identity in a polarised era
On the discussion of creative writing, Ian McEwan once said, “One of the aspects that alarms me is the undergraduate writing programs. Seems… too soon to me. Seems like a vehicle for mass ignorance. People need to do reading.” While sitting in the little industrial room we Creative Writers had been given this week, musing … Continue reading A Word On Creative Writing
Teddy's Tribulations 