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Saturday, December 13, 2025

About James

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From James , by Percival Everett, which is a reworking of Huckleberry Finn, which I haven’t read, so I don’t know if something similar occur...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

About Frank Gehry

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Frank Gehry has died. You may not be able to place the name, let alone fit a face to it, but you know the buildings, the ones that look lik...
Friday, December 05, 2025

About television

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I was recently getting a bit self-indulgent about how blogging used to be a community but now feels like howling into the wind. Which I gue...
Monday, December 01, 2025

About Stoppard

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Reaching through the cigarette fug to rescue the best zingers among the tributes to Tom Stoppard, I find this, from a touching piece by Patr...
Monday, November 24, 2025

About cheating

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A pretty dispiriting article by a history professor who dared to challenge his students who submitted AI-generated work:  I have no doubt t...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

About a missed opportunity

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My last post did something a little unusual; it actually prompted a comment. And then another. And, what’s more, the second comment was a re...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

About cultural plausibility

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An article about parents who hire tutors specifically to buy social advantage for their children  is mildly depressing until one of those tu...
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Monday, November 10, 2025

About the White Stripes

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I’m pretty sure the White Stripes were one of the last bands to tickle my fancy at the time they were getting big. (I got into the Magnetic ...
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Author of books about Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and The Noughties, plus odds and sods for The Guardian, Mojo, Time Out, Prospect, BBC, CNN and more. Teach a bit. Done some telly and radio, too. You can reach me at timfootman (AT) gmail.com or follow me on BlueSky, Instagram or academia.edu.
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