“I am of a different mind ten times in the course of a day. But I resist the devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away. When he tempts me with silly sins I say, “Devil, yesterday I broke wind too. Have you written it down on your list?” …I... Continue Reading →

'The computer on the desk of the student in school knows no history. It is not like a book, worn at the edges by human hands. No little child has written a note in it, long ago. It will not be passed down to the children of the children who use it. Its “meaning” is... Continue Reading →

I haven't written a thing for months and figured that I should end the year with a final post - as well as the resolution to write more! See here are my favourite films of 2018... in no particular order! I didn't see as many films this year as last year. 2019 is definitely shaping... Continue Reading →

What prepares men for totalitarian domination in the non-totalitarian world is the fact that loneliness, once a borderline experience usually suffered in certain marginal social conditions like old age, has become an everyday experience of the ever-growing masses of our century. The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

It's been a while since I've written any music reviews, so here's a bunch of recommendations of the last month or so! Tell Me How You Really Feel, Courtney Barnett After a rise to fame with 2015's Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit, Barnett's been exceptionally busy. The Nirvana-esque, garage-punk vibes made... Continue Reading →

1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and... Continue Reading →

Ever since Punk came on the English scene, it was never characterised by particularly good-looking groups (although The Smiths may be fronted by the charismatic Morrissey). It was about making rock 'n' roll filthy again; its edge lost to the degeneracy of glam rock and other watered-down, über-polished forms. In England, it was your average... Continue Reading →

From the legacy of Japan's Studio Ghibli comes sister company, Studio Ponoc, with their debut film, Mary and the Witch's Flower. From the opening with a Ghibli-esque logo of Mary, rather than Totoro, the comparisons between the studios was inevitable. After all, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi was an animator under the supervision of the great Hayao Miyazaki,... Continue Reading →