The BBC doing what it does best : "In Iran's iconography of villainy, Britain holds a special place. The UK is seen as the mastermi...

Further to this post, in which I sketched out the ideas of the author China M iéville concerning the relationship between the tentacular an...

In his fascinating essay 'M.R. James and the Quantum Vampire' (the link is to a PDF), the author and theorist China Miéville wrot...

On June 16, 1918, Eugene Victor Debs made a speech in Canton, Ohio.  He urged workers to resist the draft.  He also said this: Wars thro...

I don't wear a poppy.  Laurie Penny has written a very good article, expressing many views that I agree with,  here .  I don't engag...

The great Timelash II rehash finally hobbles to a close.  Here's the last roundup.  Seasons 19-21. Castrovalva This is a story, lik...

Here's a round-up of my Timelash II on Season 18.  I was holding this (and some of the stuff about Seasons 19-21) back because I was goi...