I was told yesterday that I must bear in mind that not all of our students agree with the left-wing political position I defend, as a feminist and a socialist, and that some actually support right-wing policies. This is hardly surprising if we take into account voting statistics and the growth of the extreme right […]
My student Pascal Lemaire is working on a PhD dissertation on the genre of the technothriller and I have asked him for a list of recommended novels, since I am far more familiar with the movies. Technothrillers, as Pascal is discovering, are a conundrum as a genre because although they have millions of readers worldwide, […]
Prince Harry’s memoirs Spare were published only six days ago but it is already difficult to have something new to say about them, given the flood of opinion articles and blog posts that has greeted them. I’ll try, though. I’ll begin by noting that I remain flabbergasted by two things: that this man still […]
Queen Elizabeth II passed away last Thursday, 8 September, and in the following days we have seen a public demonstration of sorrow that gives no signs of abating. The state funeral scheduled for Monday 19 will mark a climax and put a formal end to the second Elizabethan era, though it is still to be […]