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Looking back in anger at ‘Cool Britannia’ w/ Jason Arday
Sociologist Jason Arday recalls his South London teenagehood during the Blair years in a wide-ranging discussion on music and identity, racism and resistance.
Sensuous knowledge and black feminism, w/ Minna Salami
In this fourth episode of With Reason, we talk to Minna Salami about her bold new book "Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone" and its radical call to…
Book Review: Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet
When Ali Smith began her project of writing topical fiction in 2016, she could not have predicted what was to come.
The power of remembrance
From Steve McQueen’s depiction of the Mangrove Nine to Madonna's biopic, this year has brought questions of voice and memory into sharp relief.
Book review: Thinking outside the box
This weird and wonderful journey through the history of the crossword is peppered with enjoyable anecdotes.
Book review: Pravda Ha Ha
Why does Europe’s trauma keep resurfacing? Rory Maclean embarks on a journey to confront new lies and old terrors.
“Digital monsters are our contemporary folklore”
Momo, the Slender Man, a jpg that drives its viewers insane: the online world is crawling with monsters. Dr Vivian Asimos has made it her mission to understand them.
Maaza Mengiste’s “The Shadow King” is a modern-day Iliad
Writers with Ethiopian roots are addressing Italy's colonial past.
Book review: Blue Ticket
Sophie Mackintosh’s new novel continues a rich tradition of provocative feminist dystopias.