The Cofiwch Dryweryn wall, a prominent symbol of Welsh nationalism (CC BY-SA 4.0) As we ponder the territorial scenarios facing the UK, I’m reminded of an old joke: Two French political philosophers are discussing the nature of the UK’s multinational state system....
‘This country is about to explode’, an environmental campaigner in Chile told me in June 2019. ‘Hmm,’ I thought, ‘Is that wishful thinking?’ Sure, I’d spoken to a lot of exhausted and angry people here, but people on the Left often see revolution just around the...
Image: Repeater Books The work of cultural theorist, blogger and academic Mark Fisher has been all but canonised of late, and its growing influence shows no sign of abating. Much of the work of maintaining proceedings in his wake has been taken on by his friends and...