HyperNormalisation

In response to one person asking public demand, a couple of thoughts arising from the new Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation released…

The consequences of conservatism in the US and the UK

Actually, not really conservatism, that’s not fair (but it was alliterative). Conservatism is a political mood or tradition or character…

I dream of islands: the Dubrovnik project, part 1

I dream of islands And city states Marble on marble, wave on wave The towers rise from Byron’s pages Disrupt…

If you’re not slightly freaked out by conflict archaeology, there’s something wrong with you

Bit of easy hit, this one. So, bite me. My friend Dr Gabe “Legend in his own Lecture Notes” Moshenska,…

NOTES: War Photo Limited, Dubrovnik

Photo above, my own. Dubrovnik from the city walls, September 2016. Rooves much repaired. The many brighter orange patches are…

A history/archaeology of Crazy Shit

I have a belief about beliefs Posit: certain beliefs cluster. Through an unknown combination of crowd effect (you like the…

How to think about the entrenched wealth of the aristocracy

I was recently talking to a constitutional historian whose main interest is in the royal family. He was frustrated and…

The great battle of our times – politics and psychopaths

It’s hard at the moment not to conceive of the wider political context in terms of Lord of the Rings…

Polymaths at war

This is a little potted biography of Moshe Feldenkrais from the introduction to The Potent Self (disclaimer, this book gets rave…

The Mind Shapes the City – adventure at the Whitechapel Gallery

I am in Adventures of the Black Square. This is a sprawling exhibition of abstract art produced between 1915 and…