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Imperial sunsets

Posted on 23/09/2023 by alasdairflett

I first read J G Ballard when I was getting into the idea of the postmodern. His novel Crash is seen as a seminal (pun intended) text. Crash is a difficult book, conceptually and also because it is rather disgusting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Review | Tagged Americans, Britishness, Empire of the Sun, Haruki Murakami, identity, J G Ballard, Japan, Japanese, Literature, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Pearl Harbour, prisoner of war camp, Review, Second World War, Shanghai, war, World War II | 1 Comment

Luther, Lyrik, Lieder und Leipzig

Posted on 19/11/2017 by alasdairflett

Trees increasingly denuded, the mulch on the path starting to settle, I find myself stumbling into the final third of November. Since my impromptu excursion to Manchester at the end of October, Hamburg’s schools have gone back, but of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, Personal experience | Tagged 1984, Abitur, BadBadNotGood, Berlin, Bremen, Canadian bands, Ein Sommer in London, electronica, European, folktronica, funk, George Orwell, Girl Ray, Hafenklang, Hamburg, hip-hop, identity, jazz, Leipzig, Mac Demarco, Martin Luther, Mojo, national, papacy, poetry, Poetry slam, protestantism, Public Service Broadcasting, Reformation, regional, Sylvan Esso, Theodor Fontane, UK-German Connection | 1 Comment

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