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Author: Oli

I'm a fool for words.

Both sides of the street

Songs can be many things. In written literature there are names for them, but songs, we seem to think, are … More

Carrion Repeating, James Domestic, The Domestics

Mind blown, thinking changed

In The Dawn of everything I found a great deal of food for my confirmation bias. This is often a … More

David Graeber, David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything

An unforgetting shout

I’m not very familiar with the music of Kevin Martin, also known as The Bug, despite his prolific output, and … More

Fire, The Bug

Old new reboots

I was late coming to Tomb Raider (of course) because I had to wait for it to come out on … More

Lara Croft, Square Enix, Tomb Raider

Get it while you can

Vanguard Street Art is an exhibition charting the development of street art in Bristol from the 1980s, when American hip-hop … More

Bristol, Massive Attack, Vanguard Street Art

Visual worlds

Among the games that I’ve played while catching up on the last few decades of big-budget productions, Horizon: Zero Dawn … More

Aloy, Guerilla Games, Horizon: Forbidden West

Representing

This third and final part of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science In The Capital series maintains the very consistent tone established … More

Kim Stanley Robinson, Science In The Capital, Sixty Days And Counting

Fancy comfort

It was quiet when we went for lunch at The Peacock in Chelsworth, on a friend’s recommendation. However, I definitely … More

Chelsworth, The Peacock

Have you heard the news?

Since the 1940s, when big bands were last big business, few of them have had any longevity. The orchestras of … More

Ed Palermo, Edgar Winter, I've Got News For You, The Ed Palermo Big Band

Eating the world

Not many of us, I suspect, think of the British Empire much in terms of food. I certainly didn’t, before … More

Lizzie Collingham, The Hungry Empire

What would it be like?

This beautiful and moving short comic by Xulia Vicente (published by Shortbox, natch) is allegorical and speculative in equal measure. … More

I See A Knight, Shortbox Comics, Xulia Vicente

A shotgun blast of flawed brilliance

Seveneves is Neal Stephenson in his pomp. This book combines all his most splendid qualities as a writer: his febrile … More

Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

Simply present

Having taken a total break from playing music at the onset of the pandemic, I’ve been gradually coming back to … More

Bill MacKay, Keys, Nathan Bowles

Plausibly grim

I found my way to the Snowpiercer comics by way of Bong Joon-Ho’s excellent 2013 movie, but they are legendary … More

Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette, Snowpiercer, Snowpiercer 2, The Explorers

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