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    A History of British Architecture: Wren, the City, and the Long Georgian Century c. 1660 to 1800

    A History of British Architecture: Wren, the City, and the Long Georgian Century c. 1660 to 1800

    A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Wren, the City, and the Long Georgian Century c. 1660 to 1800

    May 19, 2026
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    Tom Stoppard: Too Clever For His Own Good?

    Tom Stoppard: Too Clever For His Own Good?

    A Continuing Dialogue on Drama. Tom Stoppard.

    May 19, 2026
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    The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Experience Economy Eats Itself

    The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Experience Economy Eats Itself

    A canter through the history of luxury, consumption, and desire. Debord, overtourism, the commodification of presence, and why genuine experience is more resilient than the system that tries to sell it.

    May 18, 2026
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    A History of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660

    A History of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660

    A meander through the history of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660

    May 15, 2026
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    A History of British Architecture: Dissolution, Civil War, Empire and the Making of British Exceptionalism

    A History of British Architecture: Dissolution, Civil War, Empire and the Making of British Exceptionalism

    A meander through the history of British Architecture. Some thoughts on what informs the ideological framework which explains all the subsequent architectural development.

    May 13, 2026
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    PIG IRON: Pete and Bernie’s Philosophical Steakhouse

    PIG IRON: Pete and Bernie’s Philosophical Steakhouse

    In which Alan Partridge goes to Paris, eats a testicle, and unknowingly demonstrates everything this series has been arguing.

    May 13, 2026
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    The Stochastic Parrot and the Armchair Progressive

    The Stochastic Parrot and the Armchair Progressive

    On AI, the commodification of thought, and why the machine that embodies the problem might also illuminate the argument.

    May 13, 2026
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    The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Reckoning

    The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Reckoning

    A canter through the history of luxury, consumption and desire. LVMH’s fall, the superfake Rolex, Arnault versus the tech bros, and what happens when the phantasmagoria fails.

    May 12, 2026
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    PIG IRON 3: Alienation, or Why He Feels Like a Tourist at Home

    PIG IRON 3: Alienation, or Why He Feels Like a Tourist at Home

    Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 3: In which we explore the defining contradiction: Alienation

    May 10, 2026
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    PIG IRON 2: The Rise and Fall of Neo-Liberalism

    PIG IRON 2: The Rise and Fall of Neo-Liberalism

    Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 2: In which we attempt to explain what Neo-Liberalism got right and why it has all gone wrong.

    May 10, 2026
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