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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Reckoning
Part 4 of 7 A canter through the history of luxury, consumption and desire The Reckoning LVMH’s fall, the superfake Rolex, Arnault versus the tech bros, and what happens when the phantasmagoria fails In the first quarter of 2025, Bernard Arnault — founder and chief executive of LVMH, the world’s…
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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
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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.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The White Marble Lie
In which we confront the ugly truth that lies beneath.
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A History of British Architecture: Gothic Britain c. 1150 to 1540
A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 5 The Gothic.
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PIG IRON 1: How Money Works
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 1: In which we attempt to explain what money is.
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PIG IRON 0: What This Is
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 0: In which we explain what this is for.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: From Lapis Lazuli to Louis Vuitton
In which we trace the history of luxury.
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Cymbeline: Shakespeare and the Search for National Identity
A diversion in which we examine Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and its commentary on the conception of British nationhood.
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The Norman Paradox, Continued: Sicily and the Problem of Italian Nationhood
A short diversion into the (non)-impact of Norman Sicily on Italian nationhood.
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