A Lockdown Miscellany

Now, as we isolate from each other, is the time to obsess, to dream, to wonder, to fantasise. This is a place to share those mental wanderings.

Keith Kahn-Harris in A Lockdown Miscellany

May 4, 2020

Anthea Turner: Her part in the slave trade

What an offhand celebrity comment can tell us about the legacy of empire

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Keith Kahn-Harris in A Lockdown Miscellany

Apr 22, 2020

Conlanging Kinder Egg Warning Messages

A constantly updated list of conlang translations

Keith Kahn-Harris in A Lockdown Miscellany

Apr 20, 2020

Kinder Egg Linguistics: An Update

The heroic global effort to map the world of Kinder Egg warning…

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James Harris in A Lockdown Miscellany

Apr 15, 2020

Lockdown comedy: What should we laugh at now?

Boris Johnson’s admission to hospital presented a particular challenge to comedians. Here was a figure who had based their appeal on irreverence and the creation of a carnival reality brought into a situation of genuine peril — it was if a popular…

Keith Kahn-Harris in A Lockdown Miscellany

Apr 15, 2020

Finding Ferdy B

On the wistful pleasure of turning a chance encounter into a minor obsession

There was no reason why we should have chosen him. It could have been anyone really. I don’t even understand why we found it funny, why simply mentioning a person’s name could make us laugh…