Book Review: The Arcades Project.
Walter Benjamin had collated The Arcades Project [Das Passagenwerk] between 1927 and 1940. It is very much a book that …
Tag Archives: Revolution
Book Review: Catch-22.
For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic will make death come alive again. With the escalating fatalities and the decimation of …
The Trouble with Brexit.
Some Spanish friends recently asked me to explain Brexit to them. It seemed to them like an incomprehensible fiasco and …
The Lessons of WW1.
Thousands of flaming torches were lit this week around the Tower of London, by Beefeaters, as part of an Armistice …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Revenants.
“If you go down in the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise.” “Revenants” is written by Nichola McAuliffe …
Book Review: Riotous Assembly.
Tom Sharpe’s fiction can be compared to the single-wheeled electric scooter – a fantastic invention and widely admired, but one …
Democracy on Trial: Brexit and the Spirit of Scotland.
On 21 May 1838, at least a hundred thousand trade union members and supporters gathered on Glasgow Green, to listen …
EXCLUSIVE: Another British Empire is Possible.
Tychy today publishes the founding statement of “Another British Empire is Possible.” This new campaign, which aims to get beyond …
Tunisia: Getting Down To Business.
“Is there anything wrong with this page?” The UK FCO’s Travel Advice on Tunisia. Over April, Tychy ran a series …
Democracy On Trial Artwork.
“Democracy on Trial” will be the group title for Tychy‘s occasional missives about the EU referendum. The first of these …
Democracy on Trial: Labour’s Ignominy on the EU.
[“Democracy on Trial” is a new series of occasional missives about the EU referendum.] Why is the Left, or at …
Stem Cells and the Left.
[The following was written early last month for the “Viewpoints” comments section on the Scottish Left Project website. Modelled on …
Is Atticus Still Atticus? (A Review of Go Set A Watchman.)
Let us start by considering the dubiousness of all this. Go Set A Watchman is a radical first draft of …
Why aren’t Stem Cells an Election Issue?
Some things are election issues and others are not. The National Health Service is, quite expressly, an election issue. Yes, …
End Our NHS.
The UK Shadow Secretary of State for Health. The Labour movement is hurtling headlong into next year’s general election with …
