Roger ChristianReading notes: Coetzee’s Diary of a bad yearJ.M. Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year occasionally pulls off a trick that sounds simple, even unlikely, but when it succeeds it makes your…Nov 15, 2022Nov 15, 2022
Roger ChristianinSpeeches to worms26 March 2021This week saw the anniversary of the first COVID lockdown in the UK. Here are a few notes I’ve made over the past twelve months …Mar 26, 2021Mar 26, 2021
Roger ChristianinSpeeches to worms19 November 2017I’ve left London at last, after nearly twenty-five years …Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021
Roger ChristianRacism is Death:I do not have the expertise or desire to wade into the often-contentious debate about what racism is or is not (see here for instance), but…Jun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2020
Roger ChristianI’ve just read an outstanding essay called ‘The American Virus’ by Eliot Weinberger in the latest…Signs at the many protests at state capitols against the lockdown, where crowds wave Confederate and ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ flags and…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Roger ChristianIn a recent Guardian article about Robert Caro (who has been writing a multi-volume life of Lyndon…‘What about facts? Does he fear for those in the age of Trump? The truth no longer seems to matter to some. “Of course it’s dangerous…May 20, 2019May 20, 2019
Roger ChristianRory Macrae outlines the possibility of ‘chameleon brands’ — brands, logos and visual identities…It’s hard to know what to make of this. For decades, massive, monolithic international brands (Coke, Macdonalds) have been demonised…May 14, 2019May 14, 2019