Tag Archives: Russell Brand

Essential Listening: Sounds of my unsummery summer

Roughly three weeks ago I was sitting in the garden listening to a Russell Brand podcast. His guest was documentary maker Adam Curtis. They were discussing Curtis’ most recent effort, HyperNormalisation. One of its central points – the rise of … Continue reading

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The aftermath of the independence referendum.

I’m ready to embrace the challenges ahead that independence will bring. The only remaining question is do enough of us want to write our future? That would be No. Currently I’m reading Blood Meridian by Cormack McCarthy. Every engrossing page … Continue reading

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If only people were as politically opinionated as Russell Brand and Robert Webb.

If people felt they could be as opinionated as Russell Brand and Robert Webb then we could have a political system that was more likely to benefit us. So, can you imagine what it would be like, if, as a … Continue reading

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