New article available to read now! In ‘The Ink of Rebellion: Catullus and Keating in the Quiet Storm of Defiance,’ Caitlin Davies talks poetry as an act of rebellion, the enduring resonance of ancient wisdom, and the limits of hedonist self-fulfilment. ekklesiamag.wordpress.com/the-ink-of-reb…

Happy to report that the typewriter fits the LRB tote bag perfectly

Legendary run

Addicted to the New Yorker Fiction Podcast I’m ripping through like 5-stories a day I’m unstoppable my thoughts have begun to sound like John Updike

I wrote about The Return for Ekklesia Magazine ekklesiamag.wordpress.com/a-world-withou…

Unmatched

Again, pretending to find a conscience now, as we enter the endgame stage of a genocide you did PR for, is not going to wash. The BBC should never be forgiven for its complicity, its self-censorship, and how it allowed itself to be pushed around by lobbyists to hide the truth.

You: - Hosted the head of the Israeli air force last week - Are currently training Israeli troops in the UK - Said Israel has the right to cut off water in Gaza (a war crime) - Haven't stopped arms sales - Haven't even recognised Palestine as a state You have enabled a genocide.

Simultaneously not important enough to be paid more, and too important to go on strike

How’s it feel to live my dream

No matter how hard I try I can’t come to terms with the phrase “on accident”

Some of us are old enough to remember when they’d rip into Corbs for not looking snazzy enough

Richard Tull:

Rearranged the furniture, hated it, had to put it all back

One Battle After Another, I’ll say no more on the subject

Amis on Updike (and Bellow and Mailer)