A collection of writing, from science fiction through politics to medieval history, with some bits and bobs thrown in for good measure.
The Night They Sacked New Rome – review
A ‘real-time’ review, no less:
https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/theakers-quarterly-fiction-59/
The problem with citizens’ assemblies
A look at the idea’s limitations.
https://www.counterfire.org/articles/opinion/20416-the-problem-with-citizens-assemblies
Fully-automated luxury communism – book review
Can we get there, and would we like it if we did?
https://www.counterfire.org/articles/book-reviews/20396-luxury-communism-utopianism-or-revolutionary
Far-right terrorists and the meaning of the Battle of Tours
Where that far-right ‘clash of civilisations’ narrative comes from.
The far right, grooming gangs and racist lies
I wrote this last year, but it’s still relevant.
https://www.counterfire.org/articles/opinion/19930-the-far-right-grooming-gangs-and-racist-lies
Cathars in Question
Was Catharism an ‘ism’, or have inquisitors and then scholars created a organised dualist movement where no such thing really existed? My review of an entertainingly bad-tempered collection is here.
The Night They Sacked New Rome
New story! The Night They Sacked New Rome is published in Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction 59, out now. It’s inspired by the 2011 riots and in particular by my young neighbours at the time. It’s about as cheering as my fiction ever is, so check it out.
