Culture
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
Are we suffering from generational sink?
How can the young find meaning and coherence in the future?
Cufflinks for Christmas
It is much better to be overdressed than underdressed
The triumph of Twee Britannia
We must resist the siren songs of Bake Off and Boaty McBoatface