Samizdata quote of the day – Ouch!
Disney used to touch our hearts, now they touch us inappropriately – “Just a turtle“
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – the culture wars, sporting edition
My stance on this is Bill Burr’s. I’ll take it seriously when women fans show up. The men’s game is subsiding the sport with my money. Not that anyone asked my permission. I’ve done more than enough...
View ArticleKeeping you safe from travelling on the Hogwarts Express
“End of the line? Harry Potter train waits for ruling on Hogwarts route”, reports the BBC. Steam journeys on the Harry Potter railway line could grind to a halt if a challenge to safety rules fails....
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – from anti-authoritarian to bootlicker
The sad thing is that the character of the Doctor used to represent a distinctively British kind of amateur anti-authoritarianism. He took on the might of the Daleks with the equivalent of a...
View ArticleAny Sympathy for the Devil? A review of ‘The Stones and Brian Jones’ (2023)
Douglas Young asks “Any Sympathy for the Devil?” A review of the documentary The Stones and Brian Jones (2023) With The Stones and Brian Jones, veteran English documentarian Nick Broomfield weaves a...
View ArticleMarvellously melodic but mercurial: a review of Philip Norman’s George...
Douglas Young reviews George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle How swell to at last have a major biography of that most aloof of all rock stars, George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle, by respected pop...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – woke and anti-woke
Too often the culture war is misconceived as a conflict between Left and Right, with “woke” aligned with the former and “anti-woke” with the latter, but “wokeness” carries with it the kind of clout...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – dull UK “satire” edition
“Banksy is a billboard, promoting a product, and a set of ideas, that are as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola and as dangerous as Greggs. We need a new set of discordant voices, able to articulate ideas that...
View ArticleHugone awry
I felt old reading this article by Adam Morgan of Esquire magazine. For a while some thirty years ago, the terms “Worldcon” and “Hugo” were part of my daily life. What happened to them? Inside the...
View Article“My third leg can be flexible and unbending”
This catchy Chinese-language song “People of the Dragon” by Malaysian filmmaker and recording artist Namewee has had 7.5 million views since it was posted two weeks ago. For centuries the Chinese have...
View ArticleA New Beginning Begins Anew
This is, well, epic: Every Epic Quest. As you know, the lore demands that every Samizdata post has a political point hidden in it somewhere. Your quest is to find it.
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Seth MacFarlane: An Apology
Dear Mr MacFarlane, In general, I am a fan of “The Orville” the soft science fiction series of which you are the creator and star. The other day I watched Episode 5 of Season 2, “All the World is...
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