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The Ugliness Of Modern Publishing

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A look at the horrible anonymity of the modern book cover.

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Burn After Reading: How Instagram Sucks The Joy Out Of Books

In which the hyper-competitive world of social media turns its ire on… readers.

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The Golden Age Of Cosmopolitan Covers

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The iconic covers from the glory days of the women’s guide to aspirational lifestyle and sexual liberation.

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Three New Lows Of Microbudget Horror Cinema

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Everything wrong with the modern horror movie explained.

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Bland Is Grand: The Depressing Dominance Of Production Line Cinema

The global dominance of culturally, spiritually dead and obscenely overblown cinema, crushing everything else underfoot, is nothing to celebrate.

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Is There Anything More Pointless Than A Right-On Monopoly?

The news that Monopoly is now consulting on social justice revamps of its Community Chest cards has been greeted by many with raised eyebrows, and no wonder.

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Why The Past Matters

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The Critical Drinker’s passionate defence of the art of yesterday, no matter how much it clashes with current ideas.

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Ugly People And Their Beautiful Creations: The Art Is Not The Artist

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Bad people make great art, and it is important that we learn to separate the two.

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The Scourge Of The Online Activist

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Why are armchair activists able to destroy the lives of others for fun and profit?

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Nikolas Schreck And The Nice People

Poking the extremists on either side of the culture wars, Nikolas Schreck launches his two new videos on The Reprobate.

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The Grotesque Ugliness And All-Pervasive Reach Of Social Media

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In Defence Of Fu Manchu

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Sax Rohmer’s series of novels, and the films that they inspired, are the subject of much controversy. But we need to see them in context to understand them.

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