The Book of Dave
There’s a sense that all Seymour’s other qualities are overwhelmed by his need to market himself as the heir to Chomsky, and that every word he’s written has been coated lightly in pond slime. Still, the derisive comments of his blogosphere enemies ignore the fact that in Seymour the SWP has a propagandist of genius on its side. Richard Seymour writes on a wide range of subjects, and will investigate stories other bloggers ignore. His intelligence and erudition are undeniable. He is that rare political creature, a creative party hack. He is the laureate of far left orthodoxy. He turns propaganda into art.
Max Dunbar reviews Richard Seymour‘s The Meaning of David Cameron.
Punterland
The current reading of the vice trade in the capital is usually understood in an Evening Standard-reader sense as relating to the demi-romantic licentious behaviour of the late Sebastian Horsley, who did a good line in living what he depicted in his work, or perhaps the antics of blogger Belle de Jour, both presented at a safe distance. We have, as far as I am aware, no latter day Rector of Stiffkey. However, for the most part, the low rent end of the trade (as opposed to elite call girls for footballers and sheiks) is carried on rather shabbily in the back pages of local newspapers and newsagents windows, and increasingly via specialist websites such as AdultWork and PunterNet.
Andrew Stevens gives Catharine Arnold‘s City of Sin: London and Its Vices the once over.
The Missing Links
“I remember when there was some suggestion that the Donleavys were once Kings of Ulster, the Rev Ian Paisley said he would never allow a pornographer like me on the throne of Ulster.” An interview with the great J.P. (via) * The Millons interview David Mitchell. * Kurosawa on Kurosawa. * Terry Gilliam on working […]