Superb review of Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder's reasoned explanation of reparations & Nigel Biggar's malevolent rebuttal. @bizk.bsky.social far quicker than my plodding pace but writing something along similar lines that delves more into the histories of slavery now. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

The great Alexander Cockburn, former @thenation.com columnist, died 13 years ago today. Here is a wonderful story from his father Claud Cockburn about lovelorn British diplomat Basil Murray & an ape in Republican Spain, republished in Alex’s diaries ‘A Colossal Wreck’ (@versobooks.bsky.social)

For those interested in a more in-depth dissection of Jamie Oliver & New Labour, here’s @jonathandnunn.bsky.social and I on the fabulous @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social with @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB... Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!

Lovely surprise to be mentioned in this @nybooks piece over the weekend reproducing a sweeping conversation between the most lucid black intellectuals to grace Britain - CLR James & Stuart Hall www.nybooks.com/online/2024/... Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling

Introducing this special issue on the theme of "Stuart Hall in Translation," Kuntal Biswas wrote "Introduction – the Unfinished Stuart Hall." The introduction to Volume 38, Issue 6 can be found here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I was talking to wonderful @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social today about the existence of a glorious late-90s rendition of Bernard Cribbins’ ‘Right, Said Fred’, performed by… Maya Angelou & Jessica Mitford…! open.spotify.com/track/3SL3Dh...

Bumped into the great John Rogers today, who signed a second-hand copy of This Other London I’m currently reading. Enjoyed a good gossip + love learning about the radical recent past of Leyton / Leytonstone (‘London’s Left Bank’)

Resonance FM won Network of the Year third year running !!

You alright, Clive…?

I wanted to draw attention to two excellent & very recent books with dedications to my friend and yours, the late great Dawn Foster (1986-2021): - Peak Injustice by Danny Dorling - From The Ashes by Sarah Jaffe

I’ve just written about Kemi Badenoch’s victory for @thenation.com - what it may mean for the Conservative Party and the future direction of Britain: www.thenation.com/article/worl...

I’m the guest editor of the current issue of @culturalstudies.bsky.social looking at the worldwide legacy of the great Stuart Hall. You can read the entire series & my introduction here for free: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/int...