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Critic - words in The Nation, New Statesman, New York Times, The Baffler, Le Monde Diplomatique, Times Literary Supplement & Chair of Resonance FM
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#REPRESENTOLOGY ISSUE SEVEN IS NOW LIVE! ✏️Commentary & research from leading figures in British culture, journalism, academia & diversity 📖Download for Free - shorturl.at/YDnDv Read, Share, Enjoy! Featuring: @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social @adeadepitan.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social

Daniel Kitson is broadcasting from the Resonance studio every weekday morning in February, 7am-9am. You’ll only be able to listen live: on FM, on Digital, online. It’s the station’s annual fundraiser, so come to gigs, bid in the auction, donate to keep community radio alive: fundraiser.resonance.fm

Lovely surprise to be mentioned in this @nybooks piece over the weekend reproducing a sweeping conversation between the most lucid black intellectuals to grace Britain - CLR James & Stuart Hall www.nybooks.com/online/2024/... Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling

Introducing this special issue on the theme of "Stuart Hall in Translation," Kuntal Biswas wrote "Introduction – the Unfinished Stuart Hall." The introduction to Volume 38, Issue 6 can be found here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I was talking to wonderful @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social today about the existence of a glorious late-90s rendition of Bernard Cribbins’ ‘Right, Said Fred’, performed by… Maya Angelou & Jessica Mitford…! open.spotify.com/track/3SL3Dh...

Bumped into the great John Rogers today, who signed a second-hand copy of This Other London I’m currently reading. Enjoyed a good gossip + love learning about the radical recent past of Leyton / Leytonstone (‘London’s Left Bank’)

Resonance FM won Network of the Year third year running !!

You alright, Clive…?

I wanted to draw attention to two excellent & very recent books with dedications to my friend and yours, the late great Dawn Foster (1986-2021): - Peak Injustice by Danny Dorling - From The Ashes by Sarah Jaffe

I’ve just written about Kemi Badenoch’s victory for @thenation.com - what it may mean for the Conservative Party and the future direction of Britain: www.thenation.com/article/worl...

I’m the guest editor of the current issue of @culturalstudies.bsky.social looking at the worldwide legacy of the great Stuart Hall. You can read the entire series & my introduction here for free: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/int...