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Some Of My Best Friends Are
This is prejudice at its most versatile: Jews invented both capitalism and communism; they are both a solid national elite and a disparate set of rootless cosmopolitans; the beggar and the rich man, the driver and the slave. Anti-semitism is a palimpsest of hatred onto which you can project your deepest and least comprehensible fears.
The result is that, like prejudice against black and Asian immigrants, anti-semitism has become a form of racism that is socially acceptable.
Max Dunbar reviews Anthony Julius‘s Trials of the Diaspora.
London’s Yarn Festival
YARN is “a brand new festival celebrating story and storytelling — showcasing film, theatre, music and literature and providing a platform for mixing them all up!” Organised by Gemma Mitchell, it takes place in London between 20th and 24th February. You’ll find all the details here. More over there. Related: The London Word Festival runs […]
Open Contempt for Generally Accepted Norms: An interview with Slava Mogutin
I’ve always admired artists and writers who pushed the boundaries of the generally accepted moral norms. … I’m not interested in making conventional art. I’m looking for beauty in marginal, transgressive expressions of human nature and sexuality. My work is not about shocking or provoking anyone, it’s about expressing myself in the most honest and radical way. It’s about rejecting taboos and stereotypes and celebrating diversity, life and love in different shapes and forms.
By Stephen Lucas.
The Minotaur & the Maze: A Cultural History of Night #1
Night is another frontier that we’ve yet to truly tame. We may have mapped the entire landmass of the earth with GPS but controlling the hours after sunset eludes us. The nocturnal walk through the streets, familiar by day but changed utterly by night, can be a disconcerting experience. The dark brings out the undesirables that dare not show their faces in the cold light of day. “All the animals come out at night – whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal” in the words of that gentle misunderstood soul Travis Bickle. That is its curse and its glory, when buoyed by the dutch courage of drink we choose to embrace it and join the ranks of the damned. “Most glorious night!” Byron wrote, himself no stranger to hedonism, “Thou wert not sent for slumber!”
In the first of a three-part article, Darran Anderson considers night-time via Nikola Tesla, the Bible and Blind Willie Johnson.