On this and that, and the other
Martin D. BrownOccasional musings and thoughts, when I can be bothered, and mainly for my own amusement, but might be occasionally illuminating
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On reading a biography of Curzio Malaparte
The price of freedom is high — far higher than that of slavery. And it is not paid in gold, nor in blood, nor in the most noble sacrifices, but in cowardice, in prostitution, in treachery, and in everything that is rotten in the human sou...
On the villainy of 'Spectre' (2015)
EON/MGM: https://www.007.com/the-films/spectre/
Much to my own surprise, I rewatched Spectre in its entirety the other week. I didn’t plan to, but it popped up as a suggestion, I pressed play, and watched it all the way through to its mult...
On talking about James Bond
On 19th March 2026, the ‘British Czech and Slovak Association’ asked me to speak at the Czech Embassy about the Bondian Cold War book I published with colleagues.
They videoed it, at not perhaps the most flattering of angles, which you ca...
On some nicer things, and some foul mouthed Aussies
I wanted to write something a little more uplifting than my recent spate of doom-and-gloom postings. Things are grim enough, and I am sure I am not alone in seeking out somewhat lighter fare to lift the Fin de siècle ennui that blights us a...
On Tony Blair and our road to hell
Tony Blair, 1997, no. 10 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/23/labour-tells-supporters-ignore-polls-echo-1997-tony-blair/
The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats o...
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