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Too pale a hue
June? June? Oh well – I’m back, probably. What’s been happening? Looking back at the last two posts, both those papers got rejected; in one case it was more of a “revise and re… more →
The gaping silence
Too pale a hue
Phil wrote 1 month ago: June? June? Oh well – I’m back, probably. What’s been happening? Looking back at t … more →
Don't let freedom fade
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Phil wrote 11 months ago: Belatedly, a bit more Bingham. (Updated 30/11.) And a question: what, exactly, was Martin Kettle say … more →
I crossed off next week yesterday
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Not a lot of blogging around here lately. There are a number of reasons for that, not all of which I … more →
...in other people's misery
Phil wrote 1 year ago: My worldview was formed in the 1970s, when (it seemed to me) there was no such thing as lifestyle: t … more →
Thousands or more
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: In comments, Rob wrote: I remember when I was at school there was much polemic in the pages of Folk … more →
Young bones groan
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Just recently, I’ve got heavily into traditional music – specifically, traditional Engli … more →
A system and a theory
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: WorldbyStorm: Once Blair et al dreamed of a hegemonic project that would dominate the centre left fo … more →
Skates on, mate
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Something from the Italian press, following on from Liam. This is taken from a column by Curzio Malt … more →
In the hot sun
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Obsolete has an excellent, if inevitably depressing, analysis of the latest from Louise Casey. I was … more →
Somewhere in the corner
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Postdoctoral fellowship application, June 2006 12 months, to write and place two papers developing m … more →
Open up the nicks
Phil wrote 1 year ago: An Italian postscript. Here’s a post which originally appeared eighteen months ago (23/11/06) … more →
All the peacemakers
Phil wrote 1 year ago: Socialist Unity has a notice for what looks like an interesting and important meeting: Creating the … more →
Writing frightening verse
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: The papers have been all over Will Reader’s presentation at the British Association Festival o … more →
Anyway, I hate divorces
Phil wrote 2 years ago: I turned 47 recently. Yes, that is quite old. Lines from Krapp’s Last Tape come to mind, as th … more →
To live in
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been going through my non-fiction and turning out a lot of stuff that I’ve never re … more →
And start again
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: From the ‘found while looking for something else’ file. In May 2003 the Iraq invasion ha … more →
Ten years dead
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: First, have a look at this table; it represents some highlights from the voting records of two MPs i … more →
Better call up the cops
Phil wrote 2 years ago: My academic background is in sociology, sort of – you could also call it politics, or contempo … more →
Feels like 1974
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: I haven’t said a lot about Labour or the Left here lately, mainly because I’ve been sayi … more →
