‘If ever a project has demonstrated the futility of conservation divorced from any concern with planning or social good, this is it.’
Owen Hatherley on the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, and of its environs:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/owen-hatherley/in-battersea
This issue’s cover is by @[email protected] – you can see a larger version by clicking on the cover image from the contents page, here:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03
Always such a pleasure when @[email protected] arrives. What a beautiful cover.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hancockengland/status/1618666289505140736
‘One person, one vote makes no sense to people in Mali because it insists that majority opinion is the only way to adjudicate daunting issues of justice and power in a complex, heterogeneous society.’
Rahmane Idrissa in Bamako:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/rahmane-idrissa/diary
Samuel Adams and the Boston crowd supply disturbing precedents for rabble-rousing populism, truth-bending demagoguery, intimidation, violence, vandalism and the destruction of property.
Colin Kidd on the through-line from Founding Father to January 6th:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/colin-kidd/hanged-on-a-venerable-elm
‘With coins, all but the most splendid rarities cost less than a mediocre Roman bust, while at the low end of the market, Pokémon cards are a better investment. So not just sordid but déclassé.’
Michael Kulikowski on how coins make history feel real:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/michael-kulikowski/what-the-badger-found
How do you read yours?
Oscar, me, and the LRB
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/vjoshuaadams/status/1618456222570795014
‘Far from a romanticised image, Prince-Bythewood’s movie portrays a Dahomey that engages in the horror of slave trading of its own volition, for its own wealth and survival.’
@[email protected] on ‘The Woman King’:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/january/low-resolution-history
Put those headphones on. @[email protected]'s @[email protected] podcast series on climate and reproductive justice kicked off w/ brilliant conversation with @[email protected]. @[email protected] https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/climate-politics-and-procreation-loretta-j.-ross
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_RajPatel/status/1618712439859683331
Plus! The @[email protected] Winter Lectures at Conway Hall:
10 Feb: William Davies - The Reaction Economy
24 Feb: Clair Wills - How to Plot an Abortion
10 Mar: Terry Castle - Some Mortifications of Family History
Find out more and book here: http://lrb.me/xgu
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LRBbookshop/status/1618946312954851330
‘In ancient Egyptian culture, images and words were in a state of constant oscillation between letters, sounds and things.’
James Davidson views ‘Hieroglyphs: unlocking Ancient Egypt’ at the @[email protected]:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/james-davidson/at-the-british-museum
