Danny Birchall

.... and what did you make with that lot?

Do wasps work sixfold, in hexagons, like bees?

If they could make a girl out of wasps, she would be faithful.

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

"Great idea! A fake serial killer storyline would both showcase a new side of McNulty's character and create challenging moral dilemmas for other officers. It would enhance The Wire's reputation for gritty realism — and the fans would love it."

What did you think of Ithell's tarot?

What does 'vril' mean in contemporary fash thinking?

The Didion/Babitz book got me curious again, but reading The White Album truly made me a hater

Michelle Tea👍
Maggie Nelson👍
Alison Bechdel👍
Bhanu Kapil👍
Virginie Despentes 👊👊👊
Jessica J Lee👍
Chloe Aridjis👍
Nell Zink👍
Sam Mills👍
Muriel Spark 👍👍
Andrée Blouin✊

Admiration isn't really how I approach reading, but here's 20 female authors I've read this year and enjoyed (and some I didn't)

Joan Didion👎
Asako Yuzuki👎
Cecilia Knapp👍
Houria Bouteldja✊
Samantha Harvey👎
Anna Sulan Masing👍
Samanta Schweblin👍
Donna Stonecipher 👍
Sylvia Plath👍
(contd...)

Little stabs at, cheers

these days I don't even wonder if anyone has a spare frieze ticket for me any more

actually a Nobel Prize dig!

gotta say it's a relief that the power of art has been reaffirmed!

New indie band called ‘The 1974 Energy Crisis’ who specialise in barbed satire of British life and exclusively play children’s toy instruments. Debut single ‘Southwold Pier Suicide’ has received a rave review in The Quietus.

" ... one of the founders of antifa"

lol I only just saw this, didn't even notice the date!

ah, shit, man. hope it's not too painful!

Muriel Spark could have been on Facebook

that would have been impressive, but no!

last night I read a poem about fascism to a data scientist, a kickboxer and a man who once played the Master on Dr Who

I only saw them play once, it was in a car park.

the algorithm don't lie

both bands, in my book.

Sonic Youth are just the post-punk Pink Floyd

But the great thing about Robert Jenrick is that wherever he goes, he increases the number of white faces by two.

"We want people to be living in mixed communities, don't we?"

Robert Jenrick's home is in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the time of the last census.

It’s Nobel Peace prize day on Friday, just saying

A very wonky set of little green rolls with chocolate at either end

Made my own dammsugare, now I only have to go to Ikea if I want to fight with my wife.

waging war on FAQs