I've been playing catch-up on SF/Fantasy films/TV that passed me by.  (Here be spoilers .) Enders' Game Did you ever see a movi...

Spoilers for Game of Thrones ... if the writers haven't already spoiled it enough.   Aside from being just horribly and needlessly m...

Yes, the female companions of the Moffat era are smart, strong, capable, multi-talented, capable, prone to saving the day, etc. But this...

Someone nice on tumblr just asked me: Do you think that it's fair to criticize a work of art for the failings of the culture around ...

I hate having to delete comments.  You can leave a comment saying I'm wrong, disagreeing with me violently, that's all fine.  But I ...

or News from Elsewhere II: This Time It's Polemical I've done another guest post for Phil Sandifer's site, here .  He wan...

Paul Foot on Tony Benn in the LRB : For nearly a century, Labour MPs have been going to Parliament to change the world, but have ended u...