The sweet scent of spiritual sanctuary
The Tablet
Publication Date: May 1, 2020
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Miscellaneous, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Writings
Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
Submission to APPG on Religion and Media inquiry into religious literacy in print and broadcast media
Submission subsequently quoted extensively in final report of the inquiry, published in April 2021
Publication Date: April 29, 2020
Theme: Culture, Religion
Category: Reports and policy papers
Interview with Metal author and scholar, Dr. Keith Kahn-Harris
Metal Rules
Publication Date: April 24, 2020
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Interviews
Conlanging Kinder Egg Warning Messages
A Lockdown Miscellany
Publication Date: April 22, 2020
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
Kinder Egg Linguistics: An Update
A Lockdown Miscellany
Publication Date: April 20, 2020
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
Book review: How to Fight Anti-Semitism
New Humanist
Review of: How to Fight Anti-Semitism (Allen Lane) by Bari Weiss
Publication Date: Spring 2020
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Book reviews
Finding Ferdy B
A Lockdown Miscellany
On the wistful pleasure of turning a chance encounter into a minor obsession
Publication Date: April 15, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
The Big Question: Why Is Fistball Not Played In The UK?
A Lockdown Miscellany
Publication Date: April 14, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
All you need is hate: the dangerous pleasures of extremism
Prospect
Whether you’re a jihadi or a heavy metal fan, a fringe subculture offers dark temptations [Essay review of Julia Ebner’s 'Going Dark']
Publication Date: April 2, 2020
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Jewish community has gone virtual. But it’s my neighbors I’m discovering and leaning on.
The Forward
Publication Date: April 1, 2020
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
After the pandemic: how will the right fight back?
Open Democracy
Five ways in which they might rescue the wider political project from the jaws of defeat.
Publication Date: March 16, 2020
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Preparing for coronavirus shutdown: A template for a letter to your neighbours
Medium
Publication Date: March 11, 2020
Theme: Community, Miscellaneous
Category: Journalism and essays
Heavy by Dan Franklin review – metal gets serious
The Guardian
More than just guitar power chords ... a weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes
Publication Date: March 11, 2020
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book reviews
Heavy by Dan Franklin review – metal gets serious
The Guardian
More than just guitar power chords ... a weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes
Publication Date: March 11, 2020
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book reviews
Cui Bono? No One
Medium
A coronavirus-fuelled attempt at understanding the self-destructiveness of the privileged
Publication Date: March 6, 2020
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
If everyone was a little bit shameless, it might deflate the ‘anti-woke’ right
The Guardian
The human need for transgression is key to the backlash. Liberals must allow room for this without it harming others
Publication Date: March 2, 2020
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
The failure of the laughable left
Medium
An addendum to my Guardian article ‘If everyone was a little bit shameless, it might deflate the ‘anti-woke’ right’
Or: Why choose Richard Burgon when you could have Mark Francois?
Publication Date: March 2, 2020
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Beyond Sound and Vision
RSA Journal, Issue 2 2020
Technology has always favoured sight and hearing: might the Covid-19 pandemic encourage innovation related to our other senses?
Publication Date: March 2, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous
Category: Journalism and essays