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Original here “This is the West, Sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” This famous quote from John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is…
Here is the original. Tom Shone’s big idea seemed more radical in 2005 than it does now – indeed now it is pretty much mainstream. The triumph of what is still…
This book is a good example of contemporary (well, 14 year old at this stage) academic writing in the humanities – jargon and theory rich, concerned with unpicking privilege and inequality…
Nuclear angst was a staple for those who were old enough to be aware of the oft-trumpeted apocalyptic threat in the 1980s. In the 1990s it became a lot less…
One of the most memorable books I reviewed for nthposition. I have written before that time has modified some of my judgments, usually tempering enthusiasms a little. The years since have…
Now this would be classed as flash fiction , I am not sure if the term existed in 2005 but it didn’t flash (ho ho) into my mind. Another piece from Nthposition.com…
Each day, via journalism, via the journalistic-academic, the inherent value, the productive powers the savings embodied in a creative currency, this is the say in the vitality of the aesthetic,…
Recently my review of Raymond Tallis’ “The Mystery of Being Human” appeared in the TLS. This review had a somewhat convoluted gestation. Put simply, I didn’t like the book much.…
Séamus Sweeney 