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Post-Referendum Olympic Blues
Wildly contrasting narratives of what the London 2012 Olympics had meant neatly captured the divides between the British political left, right, and…
May 26
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April 2025
‘In Asia, We Might Not Speak the Same Language but We All Speak Football’
Huge wins in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers worsened Australian disillusionment with Oceanian football, culminating in their defecting to the Asian…
Apr 15
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‘In Asia, We Might Not Speak the Same Language but We All Speak Football’
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Stop, Look, and Listen #45
A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.
Apr 12
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‘We Don’t Need to Play These Games’
Australia’s 31-0 victory over American Samoa in 2001 caused the victor as much embarrassment as the loser, and provoked both scorn and amusement over in…
Apr 7
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‘We Don’t Need to Play These Games’
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Katie Morag (2013–2015)
Set on a fictional Hebridean island, this children’s television series gently and thoughtfully reflects on tradition and change in rural community life…
Apr 3
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March 2025
Stop, Look, and Listen #44
A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.
Mar 23
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Stop, Look, and Listen #43
A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.
Mar 16
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Stop, Look, and Listen #42
A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.
Mar 9
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OPEN Dalston and the Demolition of The Four Aces
In campaigning, ultimately unsuccessfully, to prevent the destruction of a celebrated local venue, OPEN Dalston offered an alternative vision of the…
Mar 6
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OPEN Dalston and the Demolition of The Four Aces
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February 2025
Stop, Look, and Listen #41
A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.
Feb 9
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Dion Georgiou
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The Maltese Falcon (1930)
Dashiell Hammett’s renowned novel sees its inscrutable private detective protagonist seeking to impose some sort of order on a chaotic world.
Feb 8
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January 2025
Moana 2
Heavily referential of its 2016 predecessor, this sequel folds its eponymous hero’s adventures into a reimagined Pacific mythology and expanding Disney…
Jan 19
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