Nathalie Olah
@nrolah.bsky.social
Reader and writer. Author of Steal As Much As You Can 2019, Class 2021 and Bad Taste 2023
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To say that you will ‘have to volunteer’ to be eligible for settled status even if working full time as a doctor or nurse for example is not really volunteering because it would not be voluntary. The govt should call it something else if they want to enforce it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
To say that you will ‘have to volunteer’ to be eligible for settled status even if working full time as a doctor or nurse for example is not really volunteering because it would not be voluntary. The govt should call it something else if they want to enforce it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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reminder: if you like cursed images, trash essays, Wiki aesthetic categories, shrimp Jesus & AI slop, book your ticket for the launch of Amateurs! How We Made Internet Culture and Why it Matters ( @versobooks.bsky.social ) at @burleyfisher.bsky.social with @nrolah.bsky.social, tues sept 23rd!
LONDON LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!
23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
Launch: Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh w/ Natalie Olah
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6.30-9pm Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to v...
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September 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
reminder: if you like cursed images, trash essays, Wiki aesthetic categories, shrimp Jesus & AI slop, book your ticket for the launch of Amateurs! How We Made Internet Culture and Why it Matters ( @versobooks.bsky.social ) at @burleyfisher.bsky.social with @nrolah.bsky.social, tues sept 23rd!
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LONDON LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!
23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
Launch: Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh w/ Natalie Olah
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6.30-9pm Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to v...
burleyfisherbooks.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
LONDON LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!
23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
23 September, @burleyfisher.bsky.social with Nathalie Olah - tickets here!!!
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
I’ll be at @burleyfisher.bsky.social on the 23rd Sept to discuss and launch ‘Amateurs!’ by @badaude.bsky.social. Expect discussions on art and labour, the legacy of postinternet art, platform decay and aesthetics in general. Tickets can be bought here: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
Launch: Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh w/ Natalie Olah
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6.30-9pm Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to v...
burleyfisherbooks.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I’ll be at @burleyfisher.bsky.social on the 23rd Sept to discuss and launch ‘Amateurs!’ by @badaude.bsky.social. Expect discussions on art and labour, the legacy of postinternet art, platform decay and aesthetics in general. Tickets can be bought here: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
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London pals, on July 7th I’m going to be talking about Poor Ghost! with the brilliant @nrolah.bsky.social at Reference Point bookshop, WC2R. Come and join if you’re free!
Poor Ghost!
conversation x book signing
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
London pals, on July 7th I’m going to be talking about Poor Ghost! with the brilliant @nrolah.bsky.social at Reference Point bookshop, WC2R. Come and join if you’re free!
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On to our Travelling Scholarships, which enable writers to keep in touch with their colleagues abroad.
Established in 1944, the recipients are nominated by the assessors for the year.
Five writers are each awarded £7,000
#SoAwards
🧵
Established in 1944, the recipients are nominated by the assessors for the year.
Five writers are each awarded £7,000
#SoAwards
🧵
June 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
On to our Travelling Scholarships, which enable writers to keep in touch with their colleagues abroad.
Established in 1944, the recipients are nominated by the assessors for the year.
Five writers are each awarded £7,000
#SoAwards
🧵
Established in 1944, the recipients are nominated by the assessors for the year.
Five writers are each awarded £7,000
#SoAwards
🧵
I love Claire-Louise Bennett
May 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I love Claire-Louise Bennett
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We are excited to announce our new open call series, Satirical Strains, guest-edited by Holly Pester.
We're looking to work with two emerging writers to develop original short books or equivalent. Full details and how to apply here:
bookworks.org.uk/news/new-ope...
We're looking to work with two emerging writers to develop original short books or equivalent. Full details and how to apply here:
bookworks.org.uk/news/new-ope...
April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are excited to announce our new open call series, Satirical Strains, guest-edited by Holly Pester.
We're looking to work with two emerging writers to develop original short books or equivalent. Full details and how to apply here:
bookworks.org.uk/news/new-ope...
We're looking to work with two emerging writers to develop original short books or equivalent. Full details and how to apply here:
bookworks.org.uk/news/new-ope...
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Qué maravilla de entrevista con Nathalie Olah firmada por Alba Correa en @voguespain.bsky.social www.vogue.es/articulos/ma...
Nathalie Olah, escritora: “Solo tenemos una vida y gastarla intentando desentrañar los códigos del gusto es desperdiciarla"
La escritora británica firma un afilado ensayo, Mal gusto, sobre las políticas del sentido estético y todo lo que encierran sobre lucha de clases, deseos de estatus y dinámicas de consumo
www.vogue.es
April 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Qué maravilla de entrevista con Nathalie Olah firmada por Alba Correa en @voguespain.bsky.social www.vogue.es/articulos/ma...
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i liked @nrolah.bsky.social’s book “steal as much as you can” that relates to this
I wrote about being sick of rich people tv www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? | Rebecca Shaw
I personally don’t really want to watch another movie about a billionaire – unless he is in some sort of trap
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
i liked @nrolah.bsky.social’s book “steal as much as you can” that relates to this
There's a long feature on Bad Taste in Spanish Vogue: www.vogue.es/articulos/ma...
Nathalie Olah, escritora: “Solo tenemos una vida y gastarla intentando desentrañar los códigos del gusto es desperdiciarla"
La escritora británica firma un afilado ensayo, Mal gusto, sobre las políticas del sentido estético y todo lo que encierran sobre lucha de clases, deseos de estatus y dinámicas de consumo
www.vogue.es
April 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
There's a long feature on Bad Taste in Spanish Vogue: www.vogue.es/articulos/ma...
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"Nathalie Olah paints a vibrant and prescient picture of the destruction of a working class community..." - @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Day
Listen to 'A Child of Rover' on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 8pm, co-produced by Nathalie Olah and Alan Hall www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to 'A Child of Rover' on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 8pm, co-produced by Nathalie Olah and Alan Hall www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
March 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Nathalie Olah paints a vibrant and prescient picture of the destruction of a working class community..." - @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Day
Listen to 'A Child of Rover' on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 8pm, co-produced by Nathalie Olah and Alan Hall www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to 'A Child of Rover' on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 8pm, co-produced by Nathalie Olah and Alan Hall www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Our friend Mahmoud Muna has been arrested, he runs bookshops, wonderful places of curiosity and knowledge.
With love and solidarity to the Muna family x
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
With love and solidarity to the Muna family x
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookstore branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our friend Mahmoud Muna has been arrested, he runs bookshops, wonderful places of curiosity and knowledge.
With love and solidarity to the Muna family x
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
With love and solidarity to the Muna family x
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Baffled by my former ability to update social media sites regularly. I have become chronically long form. Empty headed unless operating at about 10k words. Can’t tell if this is good or bad.
February 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Baffled by my former ability to update social media sites regularly. I have become chronically long form. Empty headed unless operating at about 10k words. Can’t tell if this is good or bad.
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I’m excited to be speaking to Paul B. Preciado next month about his latest book Dysphoria Mundi. Will be at the LRB bookshop. Tickets available at the link.
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
Paul B. Preciado & Nathalie Olah: Dysphoria Mundi
Paul B. Preciado, author of Testo Junkie, on his latest book Dysphoria Mundi with Nathalie Olah
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m excited to be speaking to Paul B. Preciado next month about his latest book Dysphoria Mundi. Will be at the LRB bookshop. Tickets available at the link.
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
I’m excited to be speaking to Paul B. Preciado next month about his latest book Dysphoria Mundi. Will be at the LRB bookshop. Tickets available at the link.
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
Paul B. Preciado & Nathalie Olah: Dysphoria Mundi
Paul B. Preciado, author of Testo Junkie, on his latest book Dysphoria Mundi with Nathalie Olah
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m excited to be speaking to Paul B. Preciado next month about his latest book Dysphoria Mundi. Will be at the LRB bookshop. Tickets available at the link.
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@lrbbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paul-b-pre...
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'Bad Taste' by @nrolah.bsky.social: a trenchant critique of the dominant aesthetics of contemporary everyday life and how they express and reiterate modes of class power. Both sharp and vivid, ranging effortlessly across cultural forms
January 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
'Bad Taste' by @nrolah.bsky.social: a trenchant critique of the dominant aesthetics of contemporary everyday life and how they express and reiterate modes of class power. Both sharp and vivid, ranging effortlessly across cultural forms
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"the wild horses of subject & theme will roam pretty much undisturbed… but at some point, corralling is necessary. You must bring a sense, not necessarily of control, but a sense of order to bear"
— John Akomfrah talking to @nrolah.bsky.social
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— John Akomfrah talking to @nrolah.bsky.social
nathalieolah.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A conversation with John Akomfrah
on Stuart Hall, The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and the life of objects
nathalieolah.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the wild horses of subject & theme will roam pretty much undisturbed… but at some point, corralling is necessary. You must bring a sense, not necessarily of control, but a sense of order to bear"
— John Akomfrah talking to @nrolah.bsky.social
nathalieolah.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
— John Akomfrah talking to @nrolah.bsky.social
nathalieolah.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
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This word salad doesn't even mention the UK's duty to give refuge to displaced people or to provide humanitarian aid. Literally not once.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Migrant exploitation is a progressive issue. That’s why we will now take the toughest steps ever to stop it | David Lammy
Our new sanctions regime targets those profiting from irregular migration and organised immigration crime. We must be focused and smart, says David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This word salad doesn't even mention the UK's duty to give refuge to displaced people or to provide humanitarian aid. Literally not once.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I finally got around to transcribing a conversation I had with John Akomfrah earlier this year open.substack.com/pub/nathalie...
A conversation with John Akomfrah
Covering Stuart Hall, Birmingham and the life of objects
open.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I finally got around to transcribing a conversation I had with John Akomfrah earlier this year open.substack.com/pub/nathalie...
I have an essay in the new issue of Tate Etc. on the Małgorzata Mirga-Tas show at @tatestives.bsky.social. I was interested in the screen works and the question of what is or isn’t permissible to the European gaze
December 17, 2024 at 9:42 AM
I have an essay in the new issue of Tate Etc. on the Małgorzata Mirga-Tas show at @tatestives.bsky.social. I was interested in the screen works and the question of what is or isn’t permissible to the European gaze
I come back to the uk today. Distance is good for reminding you that the important work is usually slow to take form, private and unglamorous. London seems especially geared towards making us forget that.
December 8, 2024 at 12:09 PM
I come back to the uk today. Distance is good for reminding you that the important work is usually slow to take form, private and unglamorous. London seems especially geared towards making us forget that.
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Tucked into this column, a detail I wasn't aware of: one of the cops accused of running spies to collect dirt on the Stephen Lawrence campaign went on to write the recent Policy Exchange report that recommended tougher sentences for environmental protesters. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning | George Monbiot
As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Tucked into this column, a detail I wasn't aware of: one of the cops accused of running spies to collect dirt on the Stephen Lawrence campaign went on to write the recent Policy Exchange report that recommended tougher sentences for environmental protesters. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To my 50 followers on Bluesky, it’s paperback publication day for Bad Taste. Here is the cover with nice new endorsements.
November 14, 2024 at 2:31 PM
To my 50 followers on Bluesky, it’s paperback publication day for Bad Taste. Here is the cover with nice new endorsements.