A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Paul Cockshott, “On the Need for a Programme (A Communist Manifesto: The Classic for Today)” (25 June 2021) In response to a request, UK computer scientist…
Garrett Ryan, “Drug Use in Ancient Greece and Rome” (Told in Stone, 17 September 2021) An intriguing little video, this episode in Garrett Ryan’s ongoing Told…
Garrett Ryan, “The Lost Greek Cities of Central Asia” (Told in Stone, 4 September 2021) In light of current events in Afghanistan, with the Taliban reasserting…
Dongping Han, “The Unknown Cultural Revolution” (Guns and Butter, 13 January 2010) Dongping Han is a history professor at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina and…
British Films, Multi-media Presentations
Alan Cox, Heathcote Williams, “The Red Dagger” (2013?) Presented in six parts on Youtube, British actor / poet Heathcote Williams’ poem essay “The Red Dagger”, a…
German and German-language Films
Niels Bolbringer and Thomas Tielsch, “Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus” (2018) Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the artistic / aesthetic movement by…
“Tea and Conversation with David Lyons: Oolong Tea” at The Tea Centre, Sydney, 27 April 2013 Once again I found myself sitting in the mezzanine level of…
“Tea and Conversation with David Lyons: Black Tea” at The Tea Centre, Sydney, 10 November 2012 After that talk on green tea back in September, I was…
“Tea and Conversation with David Lyons: Green Tea” at The Tea Centre, Sydney, 22 September 2012 I drink enough of the stuff so it’s only fair…