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Two More Translations of Postcapitalist Desire

I may well be a little late to the party here, but it was recently brought to my attention that there are now two further translations of Mark Fisher’s final lectures out in the world, which I first began transcribing roughly this time two years ago, in the midst of the first Covid-19 lockdown. The […]

Spring is Here

Photos from the latter half of February and the beginning of March, including visiting friends, night walks, Kitty at the Old Coal Yard, Corin at the Lubber Fiend, Man Power b2b Special Request at the Kings Street Social Club in North Shields, and performances by Strange Digressions and Marcin Pietruszewski at Tusk North 2023.

Spring Fragments

In reality writing does not have its end in itself, precisely because life is not something personal. Or rather, the aim of writing is to carry life to the state of a non-personal power. In doing this it renounces claim to any territory, any end which would reside in itself. Why does one write? Because […]

Illness: A Night of Red Medicine

Really looking forward to this event, organised by Sam Kelly. You can get tickets here and read more about event below: Join Red Medicine for a night of readings and discussion at The Horse Hospital. Amber Husain, Micha Frazer-Carroll and Matt Colquhoun will be presenting work on the political, cultural and historic significance of illness. […]

The Cracks in Everything

There is something so brilliant about the sunshine in spring. It gets into everything. The trees, still barren, open outwards, newly warmed; their branches less knotted entanglements than nets that let so many things generously through. As I walk around the Ouseburn in the mid-afternoon, at a time when, only recently, everything would already be […]

Space-Time Attunement: Notes on Edward George and the Strangeness of Dub

Arriving at Newcastle’s Lit & Phil for the second day of Tusk North, the day begins with Edward George in conversation with Derek Walmsley. To set not just the stage but the whole room, George plays “Dub Revolution” by Lee Perry — a version of which I cannot find online. Given the nature of its […]

Post-Graduate Desires: Recording Now Online

During Artist and Designer Development Weeks in January 2023, Photographer and Philosopher Matt Colquhoun came to NCAD from the UK to talk about their experiences after graduation and general conversation around surviving after Art School. They give some incredible insight to being a student under Mark Fisher and also generate some interesting conversation around what […]

A Painted Blockage: Satoshi Kizawa on Postcapitalist Desire

The Japanese translation of Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desire lectures has been out for a while now — and it’s just over two years since the book came out in English (no idea where that time has gone) — but I only recently came across this review by Satoshi Kizawa for Sayusha. I wanted to share […]

Weaponised Words in the Culture War: The Return of Dis-Identity Politics?

There is a certain trend in identity politics that seems more concerned with protecting intellectual property rights than, say, marginalised communities articulating shared interests and organising together in the pursuit of justice. And honestly, it belongs in the bin. Originally tweeted by Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) on February 16, 2023. Ash Sarkar’s recent tweets — arguing […]

If You Lived Here, You’d Be Hume By Now

The housing market in Newcastle is fucked at the moment. Affordable rental properties are few and far between. Regrettably, I found a new place to live just over a week ago, but was nervous about taking the first thing I saw, particularly since it was a little overpriced and in desperate need of a new […]