“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…
LSE Security Staff Stops Student Prayer
A video has surfaced on Facebook of an altercation between a member of the LSE Security Staff and an undergraduate…