Karl Smith
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Life On Earth Is Evil: Cinema And The Collective Longing For Annihilation
In an extract from his recently-released book, U.ESS.AY: Politics and Humanity in American Film, Stephen Lee Naish considers the relationship between our enduring love for apocalyptic cinema and humanity's innate, unstoppable drive toward destruction
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Life On Earth Is Evil: Cinema And The Collective Longing For Annihilation
In an extract from his recently-released book, U.ESS.AY: Politics and Humanity in American Film, Stephen Lee Naish considers the relationship between our enduring love for apocalyptic cinema and humanity's innate, unstoppable drive toward destruction
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Gay Propaganda: Russian Love Stories
As the Winter Olympics opens in Sochi, we present an extract from Gay Propaganda: Russian Love Stories, published by OR Books, and a glimpse in to the devastating effects of Russia's draconian laws and social attitudes toward homosexuality. The book, by turns harrowing, hilarious and affirming, is nothing if not necessary
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Gay Propaganda: Russian Love Stories
As the Winter Olympics opens in Sochi, we present an extract from Gay Propaganda: Russian Love Stories, published by OR Books, and a glimpse in to the devastating effects of Russia's draconian laws and social attitudes toward homosexuality. The book, by turns harrowing, hilarious and affirming, is nothing if not necessary
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Broken Spines: Past & Future Tense (Literary Highlights Of 2013 & 2014)
Not one to be left out, the Quietus Literary Supplement offers up a (not-quite-so-comprehensive) list of its own - our favourite books of 2013, and possible gems of the year-to-come - compiled by friends, contributors and our very own editors
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Broken Spines: Past & Future Tense (Literary Highlights Of 2013 & 2014)
Not one to be left out, the Quietus Literary Supplement offers up a (not-quite-so-comprehensive) list of its own - our favourite books of 2013, and possible gems of the year-to-come - compiled by friends, contributors and our very own editors
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How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? Speculative Fiction & Janelle Monae
In her essay - 'How Long 'Til Black Future Month? The Toxins of Speculative Fiction, and the Antidote that is Janelle Monáe' - from Adventure Rocketship! Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disco, NK Jemisin discusses racism in the genre (on its pages and elsewhere) and the artist as its unlikely saviour
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How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? Speculative Fiction & Janelle Monae
In her essay - 'How Long 'Til Black Future Month? The Toxins of Speculative Fiction, and the Antidote that is Janelle Monáe' - from Adventure Rocketship! Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disco, NK Jemisin discusses racism in the genre (on its pages and elsewhere) and the artist as its unlikely saviour
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I Fought The Nazis – And Now We’ve Voted Them In
Twenty years ago this month, the BNP won its first ever seat, in an East London by-election. In an exclusive extract from his book Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right, Daniel Trilling speaks to the people who were there at the time
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I Fought The Nazis – And Now We’ve Voted Them In
Twenty years ago this month, the BNP won its first ever seat, in an East London by-election. In an exclusive extract from his book Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right, Daniel Trilling speaks to the people who were there at the time
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Go West! A Rum Music Special From Ireland’s Outer Reaches
This month, Rum Music heads to the West Of Ireland, currently a fertile land for the production of far-out sounds. Stephen Graham profiles three new albums from the Irish underground, and Daniel Harrison reviews a compilation from the Abandon Reason, who hold mysterious events in derelict car parks...
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Bizarre Love Triangles on Film
_Don't_ call it a comeback. Dave Moats explains how Woody Allen's much hyped 'return to form' succeeds despite the filmmaker's considerable legacy hanging over the proceedings. Plus The Quietus collects 10 more bizarre love triangles captured on screen.
