80s Hits: Blood and Gifts by J.T. Rogers at the National Theatre
“I saw a poster on the subway on the way here”, the woman in the seat next to me said …
Tag Archives: politics
Shake It Like You Mean It: Dance, Protest and the Harlem Shake
Jem asked me to write a piece for “Quite Irregular” abut the Harlem Shake ages ago, shortly after I penned …
Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender by Rhian E Jones
Rhian E. Jones is a historian and commentator on politics, music and pop culture. Her book Clampdown: Pop-cultural Wars on …
Flirting With The Voters, or, “Sex, Talk and Politics”
“Jump into bed together”, “quickie divorce”, “getting to second base”, “jilted” – no, I haven’t been flicking through the relationship …
Defamations and Definitions, or, “Boundary Disputes”
“He writes like a journalist, of course.” It wasn’t until I’d heard that said in dismissive tones in a Senior …
