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polite ire an attempt to keep my brain alive polite ire skip to content home about older posts 13 03 2017 22 20 n k jemisin s fantasies of disorder last year i read the fifth season following a recommendation i hadn t heard of it or of its author n k jemisin though perhaps i should have since 2010 jemisin has been nominated for numerous awards for her novels and the fifth season won the 2016 hugo award continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 04 03 2017 23 47 london sugar and slavery recently i visited the london sugar and slavery exhibit at the museum of london docklands it was an exhibit i was keen to see but i was also apprehensive too accustomed to our museums presenting the british empire as exceptional in its benevolence and focussed on innovation to expect an honest account continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 19 02 2017 19 32 the marriage trap this week a woman was refused a divorce because the judge ruled that the allegations against her husband were of the kind to be expected in marriage continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 12 02 2017 15 54 josie long something better last night i saw josie long at the brighton dome her show something better was originally intended as a hopeful and optimistic look at left politics and activism in a uk veering right post 2010 but this was in may 2016 continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 05 02 2017 13 47 reasons to watch inside no 9 the new series of inside no 9 is finally due to air towards the end of this month written by reece shearsmith and steve pemberton each episode of this darkly comic anthology series is a thirty minute short film the only link between them is that every episode is set within number 9 be that a house a room or a train compartment inside no 9 has made me laugh cry and too afraid to turn out the lights it is seriously unmissable television here are three reasons you should watch continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 28 01 2017 18 41 hearts minds and children s lit this week a study was published on the emergence of gender stereotypes in early childhood and on how these stereotypes have a quick affect upon children s interests continue reading 2 comments filed under short reads 22 01 2017 14 11 brexit and the cultural memory of the second world war in the first half of 2016 prior to the eu referendum i read british cultural memory and the second world war post referendum i am continually reminded of this book for it seems that virtually every time a public figure talks of brexit they talk also of wwii continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 14 01 2017 17 23 vonnegut piercy and resistance this week i read kurt vonnegut s slaughterhouse five the plot is outlined in the first few pages of the book so i don t think spoilers are an issue however there will be some minor spoilers for marge piercy s woman on the edge of time continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 10 01 2017 11 52 an update re updates i ve decided to write a short blog every week for a year i set up this blog in 2011 i made six posts four of them good and abandoned writing just under a year later i am going to try again this time with less ambition but more commitment continue reading leave a comment filed under short reads 03 07 2012 18 26 bad apples this blog was initially a twitter rant that due to a positive response has been compiled here with thanks to boutmycolumn for his bad apple said the branch tweet continue reading 3 comments filed under short reads tagged as police state legitimacy twitter older posts recent posts n k jemisin s fantasies of disorder london sugar and slavery the marriage trap josie long something better reasons to watch inside no 9 search for categories long reads 4 short reads 11 archives march 2017 february 2017 january 2017 july 2012 february 2012 january 2012 november 2011 meta create account log in entries feed comments feed wordpress com polite ire an attempt to keep my brain alive blog at wordpress com polite ire create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed polite ire join 28 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy polite ire subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started