Note: The following interview took place in late May. “I ’m not sure if I’m allowed into the Green Room” are among the first words I utter to him. “Nonsense,” comes the reply. “Nobody’s going to mind. Be my guest.” At this utterance, I’m led through a short corridor within the Hay Festival’s tent to […]
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Anti-establishment politics: a threat to capitalism?
With the fall of communism in 1989, theorists such as Francis Fukyama professed an end to ‘history’, a new era of politics for the twenty-first century, as humanity finally abandoned its expensive ideological struggle. Whilst politics has typically been a struggle of world views, today’s politics seems purely to be capitalist-oriented, parties geared towards winning […]
Top 8 Leaders We Would Love to See in Civilisation VI
On 11th May, the latest instalment of the flagship strategy series Civilization was announced to the world. Via a snazzy trailer, and the dulcet tones of Sean Bean, Civilization VI will make it onto our screens in October 2016. Although slightly jarring hearing a bloke from Sheffield narrate the vast tale of human endeavour, the […]