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Sunday, November 21, 2010

BHOPAL MAGAZINE

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This is my latest publication – a 36pp magazine for the Bhopal Medical Appeal – produced with graphic designer Hazel Bennington. Please d...

WEBSITES ARE OVER?: THE RISE OF DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY

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Digging up the web's past Posted By TelecomTV One , 15 November 2010 An industry-wide initiative to archive the web’s bygone era ...

MONIKA

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The Generalist maintains a healthy interest in all new media and has noted a discernible trend in our digital age, of creatives of all st...

MICHELLANY

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The Generalist has devoted several posts already to the memory, mind and missions of the late John Michell – a man who repays constant in...

CULT BOOKS: ROLAND CAMBERTON

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These two novels, the only known works of a remarkable writer Roland Camberton (real name Henry Cohen) have recently been republished ...

SOHO: AN INDISCREET GUIDE

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Left: Policemen on duty in Soho. Cover of Life magazine (1946) I have a lot of books on the history of Soho and this is my favourite- ...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

BACK IN THE 1960s

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It had to happen. Student riot at the Conservative Party’s HQ at London’s Milbank is now being followed by university occupations. Just...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

SCREEN DREAMS1

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Pleased to announce that The Generalist now has established a mainline connection to screeners and DVDs of upcoming cult and indie featur...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

TRIAL BY INK: YAHIA LABABIDI

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One of the many delights of doing The Generalist is being contacted out of the blue by readers all over the worl...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

GORE VIDAL’S PALMIPSEST

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PALIMPSEST: A manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the early writing...

MASTERS OF THE AVANT-GARDE

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This ‘found’ object is a battered copy of a remarkable book (a snip at £1), first published in the US in1962, this edition being the 1968...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

THE HIPPIE TRAIL: MORE DISCOVERIES

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Following our previous popular posts on the Hippy Trail - BIT GUIDE: OVERLAND THROUGH AFRICA and ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY 1970s: BIT Trave...

BHOPAL: THE TRAGEDY CONTINUES

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Source: CorpWatch Currently editing and producing a newsletter for the  Bhopal Medical Appeal, a Brighton-based charity who raise funds...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

SPANISH DELIGHTS

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This is a remarkable novel concerning a journalist seeking to discover the truth about an incident in the Spanish Civil War. The book h...
Friday, September 17, 2010

SID RAWLE OBIT

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This is my obituary of Sid Rawle, published in The Guardian   on 27th September. Full text can be read here : Important correction re...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

ELECTRIC EDEN: BRITAIN’S VISIONARY MUSIC

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This 600p tub-thumper of a book traces a silver chain of inspiration - a vision of Albion, a lost Eden, the sacred countryside and the an...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

BJØRN LOMBORG: GOOD PR?

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  Source: Bloomberg News. Today the lead story in The Guardian   trumpeted that Bjørn Lomborg, notorious for his book ‘The Sceptical Envir...
Monday, August 30, 2010

BIT GUIDE: OVERLAND THROUGH AFRICA

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On of the most popular posts on The Generalist is ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY 1970s: BIT Travel Guide , posted in August 2006. Many of you who used ...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

SCIENCE NEWS: DINOSAUR EXTINCTION

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The idea that the death of the dinosaurs was caused by a meteorite impact first surfaced in 1980 – and captured my imagination. Now there ha...

SCIENCE NEWS: METEOR IMPACT CRATERS

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[Above & Left]: Aerial picture and geological map of the meteoric impact crater at Ries in Germany. [Below]: Landsat image of crat...