Monthly Archives: March 2012

Alex Hartley and Tim Cresswell – Nowhere Island

Posted on March 21, 2012 by stuartelden

Alex Hartley, These Days Can’t Last Forever, 2011 The artist behind Nowhereisland, Alex Hartley, is in conversation with Tim Cresswell, at the ICA, London, on Friday 23 March. Details here.

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Greenblatt on Shakespeare and Absolutism

Posted on March 20, 2012 by stuartelden

What is striking is that his work, alert to every human fantasy and longing, is allergic to the absolutist strain so prevalent in his world, from the metaphysical to the mundane. His kings repeatedly discover the constraints within which they … Continue reading →

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When Greenblatt met Clinton

Posted on March 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Good story in Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare’s Freedom (pp. 74-75). Greenblatt says how he was invited to the the White House for a poetry evening, and President Clinton gave a speech which mentioned Macbeth. This was, he remarked wryly, not the most … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – Deadly Embrace

Posted on March 20, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio and slides of Derek Gregory’s British Academy lecture ‘Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy’ are available here. He gave the same lecture at the University of Manchester yesterday, and it was excellent. Great dinner with Derek, Maja Zehfuss, … Continue reading →

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Geopolitical Passport – Interview

Posted on March 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Short interview with me here – conducted by Leonhardt van Efferink as part of his ‘Geopolitical Passport’ series.

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Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism

Posted on March 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting new book out by Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism: Creating an Urban Political Ecology with University of Minnesota Press. UMP kindly sent me a publicity copy, and the timing was good – I read it immediately after Matthew Gandy’s … Continue reading →

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Biking in the City

Posted on March 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Only just got round to reading David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries, which isn’t quite what I expected. There is stuff on cycling, but of a very particular kind, which is resolutely urban, definitely not about speed or exercise, but as a … Continue reading →

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Tory 50% tax cut

Posted on March 16, 2012 by stuartelden

If the rumours are true, George Osbourne is going to abolish the top 50% rate of tax – you need to be earning £150,000 a year for this rate, so it’s not exactly a concern for most people, though you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Six Masters by Research (MRes) bursaries at Durham

Posted on March 16, 2012 by stuartelden

Six Masters by Research (MRes) bursaries will be offered for 2012 / 2013. The value of each award will be £5000. Tuition fees will be deducted from the award first, and any remaining amount can be used as a stipend. … Continue reading →

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Jeff Malpas – Heidegger and the Thinking of Place

Posted on March 16, 2012 by stuartelden

Jeff Malpas’s book Heidegger and the Thinking of Place: Explorations in the Topology of Being is now out.  Endorsements from Andrew Benjamin, Julian Young and me. The idea of place–topos–runs through Martin Heidegger’s thinking almost from the very start. It … Continue reading →

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