YouTube Review: Vic Berger and Aamon Animations.
Is the work of the “hyperreal” YouTube channels Vic Berger and Aamon Animations actually meaningful as political satire? The one …
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You Read It Here First.
Yesterday, the Taliban finally seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, ending a NATO intervention in that country that has haunted politics throughout …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 26).
[SCENE: The courtyard of the Peartree. It is early afternoon and James is sitting at a picnic table in the …
The Sun Is Coming Out.
James had slunk into the turquoise waters of the Honeychile Lagoon and such was the effect of his thin body …
The Story of the Old Man in the Tux.
I had been left standing marooned at the bar beside the old man in the tux. He looked me over …
A Cocktail Crash-Lands.
The cafeteria seemed much cooler now that I had stopped eating. With faux-casualness, I had folded a used napkin over …
“So There’s This App…”
She, Tori, had suddenly loomed out of the muggy cafeteria, the steam that would bead on the bottles of soju, …
An English Country Vicar Meets His Match.
On Sunday morning, the Reverend Stuart Campbell climbed into the pulpit and he began to preach his sermon to the …
Brexit Has Been A Total Disaster!
One of the reasons why this website has been so opposed to Brexit is because it is surely inevitable that …
YouTube Review: Spitting Image.
The satirical puppet show Spitting Image was first broadcast on ITV in 1984. Two years later, it was being watched, …
The Corona Rock Snake Attacks!
The citizens of Edinburgh had made the snake on the Meadows. I suppose that most of the people who had …
Shut Your Pan!
After the first month of lockdown, Pippa hated everything about her apartment. Its circuit of interiors seemed to have lately …
Podcast Review: The Heads of Sierra Blanca.
[The following contains spoilers.] The Paragon Collective is a commercial podcasting house that is based in Los Angeles. It was …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 24). Covid-19 Special.
[SCENE: Not a pub. We are in the living room of Zbigniew Tycienski’s Newington apartment. There are two large perspex …
Easy Come.
When Tim walked into the office that morning, everybody immediately went quiet. He had the sudden dazed, dream-dust feeling that …
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