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Posted on June 1, 2019January 26, 2022

Living by Your Values

Some days it feel like conservatives simultaneously claim ownership over the idea of “values” and “morals” while criticising “the left” as overly emotional. Equally a lot of alleged progressives have…

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Posted on February 5, 2017

Activism against Activists

Many great thinkers and doers of modern history have labelled themselves activists, many have not and there have been plenty who called the title for all the wrong reasons. There…

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Posted on September 9, 2015October 27, 2016

Marxism and Mental Health

“The mode of production of material life conditions the general process of social, political and intellectual life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their…

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Posted on March 28, 2013October 27, 2016

An Archaeology Tour of Greece (2012) #1

I’ve wanted to go to Athens and see the Acropolis since I was eleven and my drama teacher started us on Greek tragedies. So when a university study trip of ten…

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Posted on January 18, 2013March 28, 2013

Brave New World: Banned Books #6

“You got rid of them. Yes, that’s just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. Whether ’tis better in the mid to…

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Posted on December 14, 2012March 28, 2013

Persepolis: Banned Books Review #5

“Never forget who you are and where you’re from.” Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 9/10 There is no way I could speak about censorship or banned books in the modern age…

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Posted on December 9, 2012October 27, 2016

1984: Banned Books Review #2

“It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.” 1984 by George Orwell: 7/10 “…the clocks were striking thirteen.” I love this opening line. It…

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