fifth column By Benedict Seymour 18 April 2013Some quick thoughts prompted by looking at images of St Paul's and Goldthorpe, the sites of two rather different funerals for Margaret Thatc...
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occultural studies column By Eugene Thacker 19 March 2013In Thomas Ligotti’s recent work of non-fiction, Eugene Thacker discovers a ‘concept horror’ innate to philosophy – the self-recognition of kno...
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fifth column By Benedict Seymour 27 October 2012The following is a commentary on Paul Mason's important but flawed article on the situation in Greece:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20105881
Paul...
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occultural studies column By Eugene Thacker 23 August 2012In an appreciation of Worcestershire goths, And Also The Trees, Eugene Thacker digs the 'unconditional sadness' which connects their music to a melanc...
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fifth column By Benedict Seymour 8 July 2014Trying to do labour politics in the artworld would be like attempting union organising in Game of Thrones. Discuss....
And now, a brief fant...
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fifth column By Benedict Seymour 6 April 2014The Domino sugar factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is currently being torn down and replaced with massive condominiums.
As it happens, these ...
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fifth column By Benedict Seymour 28 March 2014
[This little screed was written as a facebook post but seemed worth giving a minutely longer half life... It responds to this article: ...
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fifth column By Benedict Seymour 21 December 2013
The world of animated gifs is 'another nature': a land of cockayne in which something crazy is always happening, business people walking dow...
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