Textual Cultures, Material Cultures

An article in the Guardian featuring before and after pictures of Syrian monuments damaged by years of conflict has been making t...

In a suspense story such as a murder mystery, the storyteller has choices – a limited set of choices, to be sure, but ...

Nothing New Under the Big Black Sun or, Attack of the Midget Submarines "There are people who still believe in the spirit o...

Back in 2003 I wrote a couple of music essays and submitted them to two music webzines: In Love With These Times, In Spite of These...

Over the past several weeks I have kept coming back to an episode of The Voice (which I was not watching by choice) ...

  (i) Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your own back on the g...