John Fleming
Articles by John Fleming
2022
2021
2020
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World Art / Culture
Red-brick Midas
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A Fog from Reykjavik
A participant-observer study of the making of The Fall’s 1982 album ‘Hex Enduction Hour’, recorded in Iceland and at a cinema in Hertfordshire, drips decency…
2018
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World Art / Culture
Dead Beat Descendants
Mark E Smith’s voice sounded like an anti-London weapon. The danger of his Manchester accent was quite distinct from the dense, literary ambition of his…
2017
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World Literature
Sign Language
In his celebrated 1959 work ‘Mythologies’, Roland Barthes handed the reader a torch with which to illuminate for himself the semantic corners of his personal…
2016
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World Art / Culture
Down Among the Dead Men
You cannot understand an old city if you are not tuned to the cacophony of tenancy claims that greet you in stairwells as you trudge…
2015
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World Art / Culture
Post-Punk Polymath
It is no surprise that such an outstanding lyricist as Elvis Costello should be able to deliver such an engaging autobiography. And for a man…
Blog Posts by John Fleming
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Cathal Coughlan 1960-2022
June 9, 2022