Saturday, September 11, 2021

Postmodernity/postmodernism – WTF

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Some readers may feel that these labels are pointless and, generally, I would agree..But, on this occasion, it seems rather important to kno...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Postmodernity - another go

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These last 2 weeks I’ve been trying to get my head around postmodernity  – or rather what the relevant “literature” seemed to be saying abou...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Holding Power to Account

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I’ve posted before about how far the United States has become a rogue state. For the last half century at least, the principles of free spe...
Saturday, September 4, 2021

Evoking Zeitgeist

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One of the most difficult challenges for any writer is to try to evoke the spirit of a nation - in a balanced but insightful way. Chauvinism...
Monday, August 30, 2021

A Plus for Postmodernism - part III of series

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My foray, these past few days, into “the literature” of postmodernism has provoked two thoughts – the first the (flippant) question of w...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Spirit of the Times - part II of series

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“Modernism” is the label we stick on the cultural and intellectual genie which was released by industrialisation from the middle of the 19 t...
Friday, August 27, 2021

In Praise of Richard Hoggart

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I have a young Bulgarian journalist friend who has a multilingual blog The Bridge of Friendship about cross-border issues. He’s based in hi...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Reading as a Conversation

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Some months back I offered some hints to identify whether a book was worth reading   -        check the Introduction – or Preface . This ...