K Biswas
@bizk.bsky.social
Critic - words in The Nation, New Statesman, New York Times, The Baffler, Le Monde Diplomatique, Times Literary Supplement, The Observer & Chair of Resonance FM
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Superb review of Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder's reasoned explanation of reparations & Nigel Biggar's malevolent rebuttal. @bizk.bsky.social far quicker than my plodding pace but writing something along similar lines that delves more into the histories of slavery now. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Who should pay the debts of slavery? | The Observer
The Tory historian Nigel Biggar mounts a contradictory defence of empire, while in The Big Payback Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder make the case for reparat...
observer.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Superb review of Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder's reasoned explanation of reparations & Nigel Biggar's malevolent rebuttal. @bizk.bsky.social far quicker than my plodding pace but writing something along similar lines that delves more into the histories of slavery now. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
The great Alexander Cockburn, former @thenation.com columnist, died 13 years ago today. Here is a wonderful story from his father Claud Cockburn about lovelorn British diplomat Basil Murray & an ape in Republican Spain, republished in Alex’s diaries ‘A Colossal Wreck’ (@versobooks.bsky.social)
July 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The great Alexander Cockburn, former @thenation.com columnist, died 13 years ago today. Here is a wonderful story from his father Claud Cockburn about lovelorn British diplomat Basil Murray & an ape in Republican Spain, republished in Alex’s diaries ‘A Colossal Wreck’ (@versobooks.bsky.social)
For those interested in a more in-depth dissection of Jamie Oliver & New Labour, here’s @jonathandnunn.bsky.social and I on the fabulous @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social with @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
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Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
May 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
For those interested in a more in-depth dissection of Jamie Oliver & New Labour, here’s @jonathandnunn.bsky.social and I on the fabulous @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social with @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
Lovely surprise to be mentioned in this @nybooks piece over the weekend reproducing a sweeping conversation between the most lucid black intellectuals to grace Britain - CLR James & Stuart Hall
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling
December 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Lovely surprise to be mentioned in this @nybooks piece over the weekend reproducing a sweeping conversation between the most lucid black intellectuals to grace Britain - CLR James & Stuart Hall
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
Thanks to legendary BBC producer Mike Dibb for getting the ball rolling
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Introducing this special issue on the theme of "Stuart Hall in Translation," Kuntal Biswas wrote "Introduction – the Unfinished Stuart Hall." The introduction to Volume 38, Issue 6 can be found here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 18, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Introducing this special issue on the theme of "Stuart Hall in Translation," Kuntal Biswas wrote "Introduction – the Unfinished Stuart Hall." The introduction to Volume 38, Issue 6 can be found here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I was talking to wonderful @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
today about the existence of a glorious late-90s rendition of Bernard Cribbins’ ‘Right, Said Fred’, performed by… Maya Angelou & Jessica Mitford…!
open.spotify.com/track/3SL3Dh...
today about the existence of a glorious late-90s rendition of Bernard Cribbins’ ‘Right, Said Fred’, performed by… Maya Angelou & Jessica Mitford…!
open.spotify.com/track/3SL3Dh...
December 3, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I was talking to wonderful @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
today about the existence of a glorious late-90s rendition of Bernard Cribbins’ ‘Right, Said Fred’, performed by… Maya Angelou & Jessica Mitford…!
open.spotify.com/track/3SL3Dh...
today about the existence of a glorious late-90s rendition of Bernard Cribbins’ ‘Right, Said Fred’, performed by… Maya Angelou & Jessica Mitford…!
open.spotify.com/track/3SL3Dh...
Bumped into the great John Rogers today, who signed a second-hand copy of This Other London I’m currently reading. Enjoyed a good gossip + love learning about the radical recent past of Leyton / Leytonstone (‘London’s Left Bank’)
November 29, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Bumped into the great John Rogers today, who signed a second-hand copy of This Other London I’m currently reading. Enjoyed a good gossip + love learning about the radical recent past of Leyton / Leytonstone (‘London’s Left Bank’)
Resonance FM won Network of the Year third year running !!
November 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Resonance FM won Network of the Year third year running !!
You alright, Clive…?
Watching my daughter have a tantrum I realised we are machines that exist for the sum purpose of recreating small, insentient portions of ourselves.
Organic engines honed into shape by evolution and not by rational thought.
Looking at the world around me, it’s never seemed more true.
Organic engines honed into shape by evolution and not by rational thought.
Looking at the world around me, it’s never seemed more true.
November 18, 2024 at 9:14 PM
You alright, Clive…?
I wanted to draw attention to two excellent & very recent books with dedications to my friend and yours, the late great Dawn Foster (1986-2021):
- Peak Injustice by Danny Dorling
- From The Ashes by Sarah Jaffe
- Peak Injustice by Danny Dorling
- From The Ashes by Sarah Jaffe
November 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM
I wanted to draw attention to two excellent & very recent books with dedications to my friend and yours, the late great Dawn Foster (1986-2021):
- Peak Injustice by Danny Dorling
- From The Ashes by Sarah Jaffe
- Peak Injustice by Danny Dorling
- From The Ashes by Sarah Jaffe
I’ve just written about Kemi Badenoch’s victory for @thenation.com - what it may mean for the Conservative Party and the future direction of Britain:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The New Face of British Conservatism is Black—and Female
The London-born daughter of Nigerian parents presides over the ruins of 14 years of Tory rule. Can her brand of nativism-lite bring the party out of the wilderness?
www.thenation.com
November 9, 2024 at 8:44 AM
I’ve just written about Kemi Badenoch’s victory for @thenation.com - what it may mean for the Conservative Party and the future direction of Britain:
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
I’m the guest editor of the current issue of @culturalstudies.bsky.social looking at the worldwide legacy of the great Stuart Hall.
You can read the entire series & my introduction here for free: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/int...
You can read the entire series & my introduction here for free: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/int...
November 8, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I’m the guest editor of the current issue of @culturalstudies.bsky.social looking at the worldwide legacy of the great Stuart Hall.
You can read the entire series & my introduction here for free: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/int...
You can read the entire series & my introduction here for free: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/int...