My review of a fascinating history of black people in Tudor England.
Author: Elaine Graham-Leigh
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.
Review of Marxism and Women’s Liberation
A great review of Marxism and Women’s Liberation by Judy Cox on Counterfire.
‘This book is a timely and valuable contribution to the discussion about the causes and consequences of women’s oppression. The collection of four essays is very accessible and also very sophisticated. The authors provide a clear and coherent Marxist analysis of women’s oppression. By doing so, they explain why we are where we are and what we can do about it.’
I particularly like that she gets the importance of Cordelia Fine’s work on brain sex: ‘a fascinating debunking of these influential but fanciful theories’. Exactly!
Interview in Men Cry
Almost a year ago now, I was interviewed about feminism by Jose Maria Martinelli, and clips from that interview are now part of Jose’s brilliant critique of traditional masculinity, Men Cry. Check it out on Youtube here.
Red Puffin 