The comments from Sir Jim Ratcliffe in relation to the idea that Britain has been colonised by immigrants need careful unpacking. This is a man who lives in Monaco as a tax exile, avoiding £4 billion in taxation; he is arguably Britain’s seventh-richest man and is a part-owner of Manchester United Football Club. These comments…… Continue reading Immigration Rhetoric and the Politics of ‘Colonisation’ in Modern Britain
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How I get the best out of ‘free’ AI/LLM tools. I’ve done the research so you don’t have to.
Everyone is using LLMs to help with their work – why wouldn’t you? Well, there is a good answer to that – which is that it is not possible to rely on the outputs it produces when it thinks for itself, even at your request. It literally guesses and often hallucinates. It cannot know enough…… Continue reading How I get the best out of ‘free’ AI/LLM tools. I’ve done the research so you don’t have to.
What a terrible week it’s been for British politics, and I have my own Peter Mandelson story
Some events have the ability to truly shake up our political landscape in ways that have significant and lingering impacts for years, if not decades, ahead. Many are currently talking about a political scandal of this nature. One is related to a certain Peter Mandelson, who, up until very recently, was appointed as the UK…… Continue reading What a terrible week it’s been for British politics, and I have my own Peter Mandelson story
The Granite Mask
Biological Stasis and the Eternal Recurrence of Domination in the Anthropocene On the impossibility of transcendence and the 21st-century perfection of the extractive machine Introduction: The Unchanged Animal The human genome contains a secret that twenty-first-century optimism refuses to acknowledge: we are, biologically, the same creature that emerged from the East African savannah approximately 300,000…… Continue reading The Granite Mask
The Iran I’ve Always Wanted to Visit – and the One That Exists Today
Iran has fascinated me for as long as I can remember thinking about civilisation and culture. It is one of the cradles of civilisation, the home of ancient Babylonians and Persians who fought the Romans and Greeks and created the basis of modern-day civilisations. Their culture, science, art, philosophy, and literature remain as rich and…… Continue reading The Iran I’ve Always Wanted to Visit – and the One That Exists Today
Five Reasons People Distrust the Government
(Hint: It’s Not Just About Money) Introduction: The Widening Chasm of Trust It’s a feeling that’s hard to escape: political trust is at an all-time low and society feels more fragmented than ever. We often assume that when people lose faith in their government, it’s because their wallets are lighter and the economy is struggling.…… Continue reading Five Reasons People Distrust the Government
The Narcissism of Small Differences
Mark Carney and the Western Anxiety of Being Treated Like the Global South When the “rules-based order” stops serving its architects, suddenly the system is broken, but only for them The Hypocrisy of Carney’s “New World Order”: When Imperial Chickens Come Home to Roost Mark Carney’s recent speech at Davos has sent shockwaves through the Western liberal…… Continue reading The Narcissism of Small Differences
The Method Behind the Musical Madness
After all of the hype and reporting surrounding the dismal performance in theatres, I finally found the time and opportunity to see Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix, who returned after his Oscar-winning performance in the first film a few years ago. Lady Gaga stars as Harley Quinn, adding to the madness that naturally…… Continue reading The Method Behind the Musical Madness
A Review of Alien: Romulus (non-spoiler)
With great anticipation and excitement, I went to see Alien: Romulus last night with much hope and expectation that this would be an excellent movie to watch, given a somewhat limited year of films in general. I hoped that I’d be entertained and perhaps even shaken, startled, and jumping in my seat at the thought…… Continue reading A Review of Alien: Romulus (non-spoiler)
The Recent UK Riots: A Disturbing Analysis
The recent riots in the UK have revealed a disturbing undercurrent in British society that demands our attention. What I find most concerning about these events is not just the violence itself but the broader implications and the failure of many to address the root causes. Media and political experts are noticeably silent on identifying…… Continue reading The Recent UK Riots: A Disturbing Analysis