Author: Gareth Leaman
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Liberals have nothing left
The result of the US presidential election has further exposed the extent to which establishment liberalism is collapsing in the face of the insurgent ‘new right’. If we can identify an underlying reason for this ongoing displacement, it lies in contrasting abilities to conceptualise the relations between capital, ‘capitalist’ and labour, and how these are…
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Oasis and the haters
As you might expect from an industry fighting against its impending demise, the music press wastes no time when presented with a rare opportunity to shape popular discourse. And so, with the announcement of Oasis’s reunion came an anxious rush of well-worn opinions about the band’s work and its meaning within British culture. It began…
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Substack
Hello. Just a quick note to say that you can also follow this blog on Substack, if you’d like to. This will still be the main version of this site, however. I don’t think I like Substack all that much, but others seem to.
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On the funding of Welsh magazines
Statement in support of the Open Letter to the Welsh Government, Creative Wales and the Books Council of Wales to save Welsh magazines and websites
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On County giving up fan ownership
As hard as it is to wade through the doom-mongering and conspiracy theories surrounding all things Newport County, there’s little doubt that the challenges of a Football League club being owned by its supporters are coming to a head. Pre-season has been filled with ominous financial statements, the manager has made no secret of the…
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If Twitter dies
…it will be for the best. Not just because it’s a chronically addictive abuse sluice that turns all its users into self-important idiots, as the common critique goes, but also because of the incalculable damage it’s caused to the art of writing. Twitter has transformed the way people write, the way thoughts are articulated and…
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Fighting Austerity’s ‘New Wave’
After the Johnson administration’s cynical conciliation with the ‘Red Wall’, and the punitive overcorrection of the Truss disaster, austerity has once again assumed its central place in British politics. The Tory government warns of ‘difficult decisions’ and ‘spending reductions’1 the Labour front bench stresses the need to be ‘fiscally disciplined’; the press predicts a ‘new wave of…
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Transphobia and the Break-Up of Britain
It should come as no surprise that the UK’s most visible victimisation of a marginalised group at present – the war on trans rights – should become so intertwined with the fight to suppress secessionist movements in the state’s peripheries.
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The popularity of the Welsh language
The Welsh language appears to be very popular these days. Particularly thanks to this year’s World Cup, where the FAW’s adoption of ‘Yma O Hyd’ has helped catapult Cymraeg to a degree of prominence hitherto unforeseen, prompting a curiosity about Welsh culture and history that reaches far beyond this country’s borders.
Disposable Everything 