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Tag Archives: politics

The Witchfinder: Merlin Series 2 Episode 7

July 18, 2013

Merlin, the cheekbony little scamp, has been doing magic again.  He knows he’s not allowed to do that in Camelot, …

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Muscular Left: Waiting for the Etonians by Nick Cohen

July 3, 2013

Nick Cohen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s finest living polemicists, and Waiting for the Etonians will be a genuine treat …

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Burberry and Bacardi Breezers: Chavs by Owen Jones

May 23, 2013

“Chav” is a tricky term to pin down, but the very disagreement over its origins is revealing.  Some insist it …

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Blogger Candidata: The Hillary Effect by Taylor Marsh

May 22, 2013

Taylor Marsh is the “de facto leader” of “legions of Hillary Clinton fans” according to the Washington Post, and The …

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80s Hits: Blood and Gifts by J.T. Rogers at the National Theatre

May 11, 2013

“I saw a poster on the subway on the way here”, the woman in the seat next to me said …

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Shake It Like You Mean It: Dance, Protest and the Harlem Shake

May 5, 2013

Jem asked me to write a piece for “Quite Irregular” abut the Harlem Shake ages ago, shortly after I penned …

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Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender by Rhian E Jones

March 31, 2013

Rhian E. Jones is a historian and commentator on politics, music and pop culture.  Her book Clampdown: Pop-cultural Wars on …

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Flirting With The Voters, or, “Sex, Talk and Politics”

June 29, 2012

“Jump into bed together”, “quickie divorce”, “getting to second base”, “jilted” – no, I haven’t been flicking through the relationship …

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Defamations and Definitions, or, “Boundary Disputes”

March 2, 2012

“He writes like a journalist, of course.”  It wasn’t until I’d heard that said in dismissive tones in a Senior …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

Recent Posts

  • Guns in the Vicarage: On the Textual Criticism of Detective Fiction
  • Dangerous Dolphins and Old-fashioned Fish: A Pair of Ngaio Marsh Detective Covers
  • Having Faith in Fantasy: A lecture on the theologies of Narnia and Middle Earth
  • The tenses of the verbs: A sermon on the Visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
  • Midcentury Jacobeans: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, P.D. James and “The Duchess of Malfi”

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  • Misunderstood Shakespeare: Yorrick, We Hardly Knew Thee
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