In his New Year Message, Jeremy Corbyn called for the Labour Party to lead the ‘resistance’ against the Conservatives. Steve Latham Immediately after his election defeat, however, as he announced his resignation, Corbyn had advocated a “period of reflection”. But he is returning to the back benches, where […]
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Sex famine
We are used to cultural conservatives bemoaning the ‘hook up culture’. Usually it’s also older people criticising the young, for enjoying pleasures they can no longer experience. Steve Latham The accusations are familiar: more promiscuity, sexually transmitted diseases, using social media like Tinder and Grindr for casual sex, […]
Mapping mental states
Surrealism lurks in the city – resting, hiding, waiting to be noticed, observed, called forth into recognition. Steve Latham These are times of the signs, random suggestions, inviting us to enter the serendipity of found significances, a conceptual equivalent of ‘found art’. To locate the oddness, even amidst […]
My daughter explains things to me
Finally, the shoe is on the other foot, as a generational shift takes place. Instead of me taking time to teach my daughter, she is assuming the role of teacher. Steve Latham It’s a reversal of Rebecca Solnit’s ironic essay, “Men explain things to me”, exposing men’s practice […]
Regressive progressive
It’s strange how today’s progressive orthodoxy becomes tomorrow’s outdated fashion. We can see this easily when we look at the past. Steve Latham Yesterday’s beliefs appear to us as the products of their times and their ideologies. But we find it hard to apply this perspective to our […]