Category Archives: Politics

Stephen Graham on Olympic London

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Great piece in The Guardian. As a metaphor for the London Olympics, it could hardly be more stark. The much-derided “Wenlock” Olympic mascot is now available in London Olympic stores dressed as a Metropolitan police officer. For £10.25 you, too, … Continue reading →

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Today’s writing task

Posted on March 11, 2012 by stuartelden

A short piece on the mask, for a collection of essays on Occupy. My piece builds on my earlier ‘V for Visibility’ on the Society and Space open site.

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Crimes against humanities

Posted on March 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Protest in Southampton against Willetts’s Higher Education policy (Political Scrapbook, via Matt Davies).

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Collini – What are Universities for?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Stefan Collini’s book is a good read, that manages to be inspiring and depressing, amusing and annoying. Too many good passages to mention, but here’s one that we should put to the test: In this connection, it would be interesting to … Continue reading →

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Occupy the Cypriot buffer zone

Posted on March 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting story here – thanks to Andrew Burridge for the link. Inspired by the global “Occupy” movement, youths from across the divide in Cyprus have joined forces to set up camp inside the buffer zone that has split the island since … Continue reading →

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Commentary on Nigeria

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I remain unimpressed by most Western coverage of Nigeria. This ‘Comment is Free’ piece by Remi Adekoya in The Guardian is, however, worth a look.

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Library.nu shutdown

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Al-Jazeera has an interesting piece on the library.nu shutdown (few days late noticing this one).

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China Miéville on contemporary London full version

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I mentioned this piece in The New York Times a few days back. A fuller, illustrated version is here.

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China Miéville on contemporary London

Posted on March 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Powerful writing in The New York Times. [A fuller, illustrated version is here] London is full of ghosts — ghost walks; a city’s worth of cemeteries; ghost-advertising, scabs of paint on brick. The city invoked something, read a grimoire it … Continue reading →

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Occupy London evicted

Posted on February 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Video here; photos and video here; thoughtful piece by Giles Fraser (formerly canon chanceller of St. Paul’s Cathedral) here.

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