Academic/research
- 'The Hummer: The Return of the Hard Body'
- in Cardenas, E., & Gorman, E., (ed.) 'The Hummer: Myths and Consumer Culture',
- Lexington Books (USA)
- Published April 2007
- http://www.lexingtonbooks.com
Synopsis: Taking a semiotic analysis of the SUV/Hummer the article examines how various aspects of its design help to provoke, bear and circulate meanings within culture and tap into wider socio-cultural anxieties, in particular a culture of fear. Increasing insecurity and uncertainty within postmodernity has made death appear ubiquitous (killer bugs in clean hospitals, paedophiles hiding on the internet, terrorists living next door, GM ‘alien’ food etc) to the point that everything and everyone is a possible threat. I argue that the Hummer, like Jeffords (1994) thesis of a hard body/masculinity, offers magical resolutions to consumer anxieties by creating a series of boundaries around the self.
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- 'Free as a Bird'
- In Stimulus 14, October November 2006
- Published online by Stimulus Respond
- Read the article here: Free as a Bird ; [nb: click the image to zoom]
- The complete issue is online here: Stimulus 14 ;
- 'The 23 Enigma'
- In Stimulus Issue One - Magic, 2007
- Stimus is now a print only magazine
- Read the article here
Stimulus is a stylish magazine combining anthropology and art;
literature, photography, poetry and music
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- 'Chav: the emergence of a new identity'
Interstice Vol 1, No 1 (2008)
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- 'Colostomy bags, Masturbation and Naked Chicken Dancing:
The Information World According to Avid Merrion'
- http://flowtv.org/?p=501
Flow is a critical forum on television and media culture published biweekly by the department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Flow's mission is to provide a space where researchers, teachers, students, and the public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media moves
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- 'Words of Mass Destruction'
- In Zing Review, Spring 2004
- Published by Zing Creatives (now Red Arc Media)
- PDF of this article available here; (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Zing Review is a quarterly, small press publication featuring short inspirational prose, informative and enlightening articles and illuminating reflections. It aims to celebrate the creative process and give space to emerging works of imaginative writing.
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- 'Le Parkour: The Body as Politics'
- In The Public Sphere, December 2009
- Read online: here;
The Public Sphere a quarterly magazine of intellectual speculation and conversation.
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Print, Web and Broadcast Journalism
 LeftLion is a superb bi-monthly magazine promoting local culture in Nottingham.
It is also available online...
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Interviews
- Matt Haig
- Gareth Durasow
- Loay Hady
- David Belbin
- James Nash and John Siddique
- Jon McGregor
- Gary Imlach
- Danny Taylor
- Sue Dymoke and Andy Croft
- Graham Foster
- Mark Hodkinson- Rod Duncan - Zoe Lambert - Nicola Monaghan - Chuck Palahniuk - Gareth P Dicks
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Alan Sillitoe - Ian Shipley - Kester Aspden
- John Harvey -
Mark Charan Newton
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James Johnson & Ian Collinson - Chris Killen - Brigid Rose - Marion Bell - Cassetteboy
- Michael Eaton MBE - David Horspool - Martin Bell
- Brick (John Clark)
- Judith Allnatt
- Maria Allen
- Dom Joly
- Ann Featherstone
- Stephen Baker
- Deborah Stevenson
- Colin Bacon
- Pete Davis
- Wayne Burrows
- George Ttoouli
- Jörg Albrecht
- Pippa Hennessy
- Jane Streeter
- Marcus Clarke (Interview 2)
- Features
- The Poetry Business
- The Textual Revolution
- Crime Express Lowdham 2007
- The Booker Prize: A Review of Four Past Winners
- The Booker Prize: Part One
- Three Cities book launch
- Jewish book week
- Huddersfield Book Festival
- Kevin Fegan, Andy Croft and John Lucas - Arthur Seaton - Arthur Seaton II
- The Broadway Cinema
- The Thompson Brothers
- History of Robin Hood in literature
- National Academy of Writing
- Book clubs
- World Book Night 2010
- World Book Capital 2010
- Booker Prize 2010
- Lyric Lounge
- Graphic Poetry
- Book Reviews
- Carry Me Down
- Two Tall Tales and One Short Novel
- Going Under
- Electricity
- In The Frame
- The Damned Utd
- The Killing Jar
- The Secret River
- The Second Half
- The Night Watch
- So Many Ways To Begin
- My Father and other Working Class Heroes
- Four Fathers
- Deep into the Forest
- Believe in the Sign
- A Man of his Time
- Stage / Film
- Larna Campbell Interview
- Make Do and Mend
- Roger McGough
- Word of Mouth
- Marcus Clarke puppeteer
- Monkey
- The Trial
- The War you don’t see
- Howl
- Bo Burnham
- Podcasts
- - Poddingham 4
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- - WriteLion 1
- (Ian Collinson, Rosie Gardner, Louise Ashley and Michelle ‘Mother’ Hubbard,
Donkey Stone Films, WriteLion forum poets)
- - WriteLion 2
- (Marion Bell, David Belbin, Niki Monaghan, Aly Stoneman, Rebecca Dakin,
Al Needham Todger Talk, Liv Torc)
- - Writelion 3
- (Tom Wright, Peter Youds, Gareth Peter Dicks, Tommy Wieringa, Jonathan Davidson)
- - Writelion 4
- (Writing Industries Conference, Adam Watts, Damien G Walter, Triliteral Stage Play,
Writing East Midlands)
- - Writelion 5
- (Megan Taylor, Rod Maddocks, Paul Reaney – Family Guy)
- - WriteLion 6
- (Robin Hood poetry, Eireann Lorsung, James Johnson, Alex Davis, Mark Charan Newton,
Alt Fiction and graphic poetry)
- - WriteLion 7
- (Rachael Pennell Choclateria Hysteria, Michael ‘Fierce’ Frearson, Joe Coghlan,
Wolf Sunkmanitu Poetry of a Veteran)
- - WriteLion 8
- (Tindal Street Press authors Maria Allen and Anthony Cartwright,
Bafta Rockcliffe New Forum Writing winner and our WIC winner)
Other Journalism
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