Monthly Archives: September 2011

Nazi Literature in the Americas

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Matt

Until recently I hadn’t really got on with Roberto Bolaño, the Chilean novelist and new ‘sacred monster’ of Latin American literature who died tragically young in the Catalan town of Blanes at the age of 50.   I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Cometh the hour, cometh the Miliband

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Matt

Even by New Labour’s standards, yesterday’s speech by Ed Miliband has to be one of the lamest I have ever heard from a politician, let alone from the leader of a party that claims to represent the centre-left.   It … Continue reading →

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From the horse’s mouth: Alessio Rastani tells it likes it is

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Matt

 

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Tough decisions

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Matt

I always find it bracing and sort of manly when politicians talk about taking ‘ tough decisions’, as though they’re struggling to repress some inherent sense of decency for the greater good.   Admittedly you don’t feel that with George … Continue reading →

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