Category Archives: Writers and Writing

Fortress Europe presentation at Aberystwyth University

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Matt

I’m speaking tomorrow afternoon at Aberystwyth University about my book Fortress Europe: Dispatches from a Gated Continent, as a guest of the Security Research Group.   It starts at 4 pm in the Main Hall at the International Politics building. … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of Martin Amis

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Matt

There are a lot of writers who I have admired and drawn inspiration from in the course of my life, but Martin Amis is not one of them.    Even in the 80s, when he first began to break it … Continue reading →

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Sour Times

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Matt

Years ago, in the midst of World War I, the great Austrian satirist Karl Kraus wrote – or rather compiled – a massive play entitled The Last Days of Humanity, which remains one of the most ferocious anti-war polemics ever … Continue reading →

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In Praise of George Clare

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Matt

I’ve just got back from a Central European holiday with my family.  We flew to Slovakia and then travelled by train from Bratislava to Vienna, followed by a long train journey to Kosice, the second city of Slovakia, in the … Continue reading →

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