A collection of writing, from science fiction through politics to medieval history, with some bits and bobs thrown in for good measure.
England's Other Countrymen
My review of a fascinating history of black people in Tudor England.
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.
