Story Bored“By inscribing all events under the sign of death, trying to make everything boring mysterious, it makes the mystery boring.”Jul 24Jul 24
From 2015: Picasso and Truth, an interview with TJ Clark:This short interview was originally published in 2015 on Ready Steady Book.Mar 4Mar 4
A Problem Like MariaYou expected Aristotle Onassis But instead you got Mister James Fennings from Prestwich, in Cumbria –The FallFeb 3A response icon1Feb 3A response icon1
Against the Darkness: Paul Celan’s “Letters to Gisèle”My review of Letters to Gisèle, the recent translation of the correspondence between Paul Celan and his wife, the printmaker Gisèle…Dec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024
A Personal AnthologyDelighted to have taken part in Jonathan Gibbs’ A Personal Anthology series a couple of months ago:Sep 25, 2024Sep 25, 2024
Imitation of Strife: On May DecemberMay December cuts off our access to aesthetic gratification through continual fractures, showing how our forms of storytelling have become…Feb 15, 2024Feb 15, 2024
Nothing, Nowhere, Not Even Once: An Oscars 2023 Round Up (part one)The Banshees of InisherinJan 28, 2023Jan 28, 2023
Effacing the Music: The Annihilating Style of ‘A Single Man’Tom Ford’s 2009 film A Single Man, based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood, was recently made available on Mubi. The…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021