Tom Sykes
@tgcsykes.bsky.social
Associate Prof, Writing & Journalism, University of Portsmouth. Writer, historian, socialist, anti-imperialist, traveller. Author, 7 books inc. Imagining Manila, Coast of Teeth, Realm of the Punisher. Journalist, Private Eye etc. https://tomgsykes.co.uk
Heartily - and maybe fartily - recommend this YouTube channel for its hot takes on psychogeography, New Wave SF (not sci-fi!), psychedelia, transgressive fic, dub, folk horror and music journalism when it was still a thing and done by proper writers like Jon Savage.
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Bureau of Lost Culture - Transmissions - YouTube
The Bureau of Lost Culture broadcast rare, countercultural stories, oral testimonies and tales from the underground. Host Stephen Coates meets a wide range o...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Heartily - and maybe fartily - recommend this YouTube channel for its hot takes on psychogeography, New Wave SF (not sci-fi!), psychedelia, transgressive fic, dub, folk horror and music journalism when it was still a thing and done by proper writers like Jon Savage.
m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Labour's swing to the far right indirectly praised by Tommy Robinson. Is it just his ilk that needs to be stopped or those actually in control of the racist and totalitarian state apparatuses? Thanks to Nick Robinson for highlighting.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Labour's swing to the far right indirectly praised by Tommy Robinson. Is it just his ilk that needs to be stopped or those actually in control of the racist and totalitarian state apparatuses? Thanks to Nick Robinson for highlighting.
Tangled Saviours: A Multimedia Book Launch
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Tangled Saviours: A Multimedia Book Launch
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
Okay now apologise for your smearing of Corbyn, your parroting of government propaganda relating to disastrous wars, your doctoring of footage of the Miners' Strike, your tedious and brown-nosing coverage of the Royal Family Inc. and a million other things.
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BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for Panorama Trump edit - BBC News
The BBC's director general and head of news both resigned on Sunday after criticism of the programme.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Okay now apologise for your smearing of Corbyn, your parroting of government propaganda relating to disastrous wars, your doctoring of footage of the Miners' Strike, your tedious and brown-nosing coverage of the Royal Family Inc. and a million other things.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting the Starmtrooping apparatchik being opportunistic, hypocritical and politically illiterate in less than two sentences.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Streeting the Starmtrooping apparatchik being opportunistic, hypocritical and politically illiterate in less than two sentences.
This must pose a dilemma to the thoroughly modern fash that's embraced Zionism and remains poppy-fanatical. Maybe in their eyes these are the wrong kind of veterans, though.
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This must pose a dilemma to the thoroughly modern fash that's embraced Zionism and remains poppy-fanatical. Maybe in their eyes these are the wrong kind of veterans, though.
Do join us for an unprecedented event bringing together journalists, editors and scholars to explore UK-Philippine media issues. It may be easier for most to join virtually so please see QR code for that.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Do join us for an unprecedented event bringing together journalists, editors and scholars to explore UK-Philippine media issues. It may be easier for most to join virtually so please see QR code for that.
Hardback of my next next book available to pre-order including through the Daily Mail website which is ironic since there's at least one joke at their expense in the book.
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www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-yea...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hardback of my next next book available to pre-order including through the Daily Mail website which is ironic since there's at least one joke at their expense in the book.
www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-yea...
www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-yea...
Naah, I could just remove the left hemisphere of my brain and write my own stilted, factually inaccurate summaries of my own research, thank you very much.
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Naah, I could just remove the left hemisphere of my brain and write my own stilted, factually inaccurate summaries of my own research, thank you very much.
Never been convinced by Bowen's grizzled and portentous "I've been everywhere, man" shtick which is just another conceit to conceal his hidebound hegemony-hugging.
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Once again, Jeremy Bowen is misleading the British public about Gaza
The BBC international editor is required to report what Hamas actually thinks. Otherwise he is not a journalist, he's just another western propagandist
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October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Never been convinced by Bowen's grizzled and portentous "I've been everywhere, man" shtick which is just another conceit to conceal his hidebound hegemony-hugging.
jonathancook.substack.com/p/once-again...
jonathancook.substack.com/p/once-again...
If you can stomach Amazon then you can pre-order my next book The Years of Travelling Anxiously here:
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The Years of Travelling Anxiously: A Travel Writer’s Search for Peace of Mind
Buy The Years of Travelling Anxiously: A Travel Writer’s Search for Peace of Mind by Sykes, Tom (ISBN: 9781837732555) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you can stomach Amazon then you can pre-order my next book The Years of Travelling Anxiously here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Years-Travel...
www.amazon.co.uk/Years-Travel...
My new publication co-written with Ma. Diosa Labiste has just been published.
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The Great Woman Theory of Media History: Maria Ressa, the neoliberal influencer brand and US-Philippine elite centrism
Published in Media Asia (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
My new publication co-written with Ma. Diosa Labiste has just been published.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I just published this, if you want to know about the achievements and lasting legacies of Ancient Egypt.
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The Little Book of Ancient Egypt
If you've ever been interested in the rich culture and unique history of Ancient Egypt, dive into this whirlwind tour and discover the highlights of this exc...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I just published this, if you want to know about the achievements and lasting legacies of Ancient Egypt.
summersdale.com/titles/tom-s...
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NATO has always been a violent and oppressive outfit, whose origins embodied the continuities between Western imperialism and its fascist descendants. The attempts by liberals to launder this are unconvincing. Ask a Libyan, a Serb or an Afghan.
monthlyreview.org/articles/nat...
monthlyreview.org/articles/nat...
NATO and the Long War on the Third World - Monthly Review
Paweł Wargan is an organizer and researcher based in Berlin and the coordinator of the secretariat of the Progressive International. They say to me: Eat and drink. Be glad you... READ MORE
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October 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NATO has always been a violent and oppressive outfit, whose origins embodied the continuities between Western imperialism and its fascist descendants. The attempts by liberals to launder this are unconvincing. Ask a Libyan, a Serb or an Afghan.
monthlyreview.org/articles/nat...
monthlyreview.org/articles/nat...
There's a frank succinctness about this that reminded me a tad of the brief sketches of J. P. Morgan, Woodrow Wilson and other bounders in John Dos Passos' USA Trilogy.
September 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There's a frank succinctness about this that reminded me a tad of the brief sketches of J. P. Morgan, Woodrow Wilson and other bounders in John Dos Passos' USA Trilogy.
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Admission by ticket only, please use the above hyperlink for booking.
Your Party Portsmouth -- 2nd Public Meeting
An even bigger and better meeting than in September, including local and national speakers to explain ideas and answer our questions.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Admission by ticket only, please use the above hyperlink for booking.
Is the time now ripe for the centrist professional managerial class to take to the streets? Bland fanatics in lycra cycling outfits painting the EU and NATO flags on roundabouts, chanting "Give me neoliberal technocracy or give me death!" and building shrines to James O'Brien and Polly Toynbee.
September 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is the time now ripe for the centrist professional managerial class to take to the streets? Bland fanatics in lycra cycling outfits painting the EU and NATO flags on roundabouts, chanting "Give me neoliberal technocracy or give me death!" and building shrines to James O'Brien and Polly Toynbee.
Liberalism and fascism are two mutually compatible technologies of control under capitalism. It makes no sense to bemoan one side of the equation and not the other, as Hamid Bendaas suggests here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Liberalism and fascism are two mutually compatible technologies of control under capitalism. It makes no sense to bemoan one side of the equation and not the other, as Hamid Bendaas suggests here.