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WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET : A DOUBLE TAKE ON THE UK ELECTION  2024 

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Note: These two short pieces written after the June 4th election result ,  are  extracted from a  collection of essays , Studies in the Grey Zone, due to be published by eyeglass books in October. Take One:  One Nation Labourism and the Great Moving Right Show The question of just how and from where, and with whom it is  possible to throw a … [Read more...] about WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET : A DOUBLE TAKE ON THE UK ELECTION  2024 

Studies in the Grey Zone:

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Waypoints Volume 2 This new book brings together recent writing and spans the period from the Covid 19 pandemic to the ongoing wars in the Ukraine and Gaza. Like the pieces in the companion Waypoints volume, these essays are occasional in that they were prompted by particular contingencies, both personal and political. Yet in selecting and bringing these texts together, the … [Read more...] about Studies in the Grey Zone:

ANTISEMIT-ORIENTAL- ZION-ISMS

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The Triple Misalliance I An extract from'Studies in thr Grey Zone; Waypoints Vol 2 to be published by eyglass books at Easter 2024 .Introduction One of the many  fallouts from the current  horrific conflict in Palestine/Israel is the way sections of the Hard Left have advanced an apologetics for the atrocities committed by Hamas, while  ignoring or … [Read more...] about ANTISEMIT-ORIENTAL- ZION-ISMS

March Blog: Living with Painting

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 Living with painting   The works which constitute the life and fame of artists decay one after the other by the ravages of time. Thus the artists themselves are unknown, as there was no one to write about them so that this source of knowledge was not granted to posterity     Giorgio Vasari Writing is present in the margins, painting is spread over ‘vacant’space’ -  … [Read more...] about March Blog: Living with Painting