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This Newsletter is Human Written

I’m not much of a humanist. I don’t feel warm and fuzzy about human beings as a species. Other than my cherished inner circle of homo sapiens (emphasis on the homo), I tend to prefer the company of dogs and pigeons.

I don’t hate machines....

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Writers, abusers and whatever is the opposite of innocence

Does it matter that a man whose writing taught me something about how the world works was friends with someone whose name I wish I had never heard?

Does it matter that I was surprised?

Does my surprise say anything about anything other th...

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On Kneecap

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Towards the end of the film Kneecap there’s a prophetic line:

No publicity like getting banned from something, is there lads?

This could be the band’s motto. Kneecap rose to fame a few years ago as the fir...

8 months ago
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On Festivals

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It’s the end of summer, and the end of outdoor-festival season.

Summer festivals are sacred: secular versions of ancient religious rites, celebrations that combine scheduled rituals (programming, opening a...

9 months ago
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Summer Reading and Writing

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Hello readers of Pen and Fist!

It’s been a few months since I last posted and a few of you have asked where I’ve been and where I’m going with this newsletter…

First, my latest publication. At a time when...

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