Hiatus 2018
The biggest show sitting out 2018 is Game of Thrones. As with Veep, which is also delayed until next year,…
“Phantom Thread” will be talked about for years
In Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece, Day Lewis plays Reynolds Woodcock, a genius dressmaker in 1950s London, whose…
Low Expectations and Even Lower Water Pressure
I can only apologise for what has been an inexcusable break in blog posting. I am sure this literary drought…
LSE FIGHT NIGHT 2018
One and a half weeks remained before Fight Night when I sat down to observe a training session – to…
Just Mercy – A Response to the Prayer Incident
On February 9th, The Beaver posted a news piece about a student who alleged that a member of LSE security…
Oh, hi Tommy: “The Room” at the Prince Charles is way more fun than it should be
By Adam Solomons “Plastic spoons only”, a stern steward told us moments before the late-night screening of The Room was…
Identity Politics and Race: A Response to ‘Dear White People’, Issue 887
Reading the two rebuttals in last week’s edition of the Beaver by Eileen and Tania to a previous Beaver article titled…
Vision 2020- a 21st Century Ujamaa
The political thought of Rwanda’s president is a sensible model for much of Africa. Rwanda is quite unlike any other…
Poverty of Labels: The Author’s Conclusions and Apology
THE POVERTY OF LABELS: THE AUTHOR’S CONCLUSIONS AND APOLOGY I would like to thank everyone for their response to my…
A response to “Dear White People: no melanin, no opinion” – a Brownsplanation.
I too shall start this piece with full disclosure – in case it wasn’t obvious already, I hail from Middle…
