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Sep 11, 2021

The Hamburg Cell — 9/11 and a unique, forgotten portrait of fanaticism and modernity

The Hamburg Cell (2004) — Channel 4 Television, CBC Director: Antonia Bird Writers: Ronan Bennett, Alice Perman A bold narrative The Hamburg Cell (2004) offers, in 106 minutes, what is probably the definitive dramatization of how the September 11th 2001 attacks were planned and perpetrated. Made and broadcast less than…

9 11 Attacks

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The Hamburg Cell — 9/11 and a unique, forgotten portrait of fanaticism and modernity
The Hamburg Cell — 9/11 and a unique, forgotten portrait of fanaticism and modernity

Jan 15, 2021

1/06: The Trump Insurrection and The End of the Flight 93 Presidency

On September 11th 2001, Ziad Jarrah telephoned his fiancé Aysel Şengün in Germany from a public telephone in Newark International Airport, repeatedly telling her, “I love you”. It was a gesture that he would deny to the people that he and a group of men were about to sacrificially murder…

Us Capitol

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1/06: The Trump Insurrection and The End of the Flight 93 Presidency
1/06: The Trump Insurrection and The End of the Flight 93 Presidency

Oct 25, 2020

The Existential Vote: Part II

The second part of the longform article ‘The Existential Vote: A Socially-Distanced Post on the 2020 U.S. Election’. III. Bankruptcy Protection from the Devil “The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The Devil will come, and Faustus must be damn’d. O, I’ll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down?” — Marlowe, Doctor Faustus…

2020

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The Existential Vote: Part II
The Existential Vote: Part II

Oct 25, 2020

The Existential Vote: A Socially-Distanced Post on the 2020 U.S. Election

The first of a two-part article on the nature of the 2020 U.S. Election campaign, the narrative of the campaign, and the possibilities for those writing a first draft of history. “It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people…

2020

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The Existential Vote: A Socially-Distanced Post on the 2020 U.S. Election
The Existential Vote: A Socially-Distanced Post on the 2020 U.S. Election

Jun 10, 2020

Rhodes to Nowhere

Revisiting a previous article on the politics of memorials and their removal In 2016, as an undergraduate History student at the University of York, I wrote an article for the student newspaper Nouse entitled ‘The dangerous precedent of pulling down Rhodes’ which questioned the ethics and raised the possible implications…

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Rhodes to Nowhere
Rhodes to Nowhere

Dec 12, 2019

Corbynism, Revolutionary States and the Destruction of Jewish Communities: A Comparative History

Introduction The British Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn MP poses an “existential threat to Jewish life in this country”[1] were it to take power in the UK; these were the unprecedented words of three major British Jewish newspapers in a united editorial statement on July 25th 2018. Their words were…

Politics

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Corbynism, Revolutionary States and the Destruction of Jewish Communities: A Comparative History
Corbynism, Revolutionary States and the Destruction of Jewish Communities: A Comparative History
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