Tag Archives: politics

H is for Heckling

I’ve just seen a poster for a comedy night, which included the warning ‘No heckling’. I don’t know if this was a joke, but it made me think… At the comedy nights I’ve attended or watched on a screen, it seems to me that hecklers are almost always trying to add something to the show.Continue reading “H is for Heckling”

Under The Radar

To all members of the soiled siblinghood who cling to the city streets, that feral fraternity bequeathed to us by Madame Thatcher, for whom the park bench is a couch and the church steps a social club, who live alongside our absurd society and happen to be addicted to the wrong things… To these homelessContinue reading “Under The Radar”

The Mystery of Charisma

We have all met people possessed of a natural charm that enables them to hold the attention of groups of people, who listen to their opinions, laugh at their jokes and possibly want to share bodily fluids with them. Charisma is like a magical chemical product flowing in certain peoples’ bloodstream. If you start outContinue reading “The Mystery of Charisma”

Berlin’s Radical Underground

My first visit Berlin six years ago coincided with the global financial system going into meltdown. It was all over every screen in my hostel, with panicked-looking people in suits trying to explain incompehensible columns of figures. But I wasn’t there as a financial journalist; I was on a mission to explore a very differentContinue reading “Berlin’s Radical Underground”

WHY I HATE AND LOVE FACEBOOK

You may know I publish my own physical zines from time to time, including poetry, music reviews and general comment…? Well, not long ago I put out a little pocket-sized publication of short, random writing. Here (below) is the introduction to the zine which, as you’ll  find out, has a lot to do with aContinue reading “WHY I HATE AND LOVE FACEBOOK”