Fake news: how much of a threat is it really?
Ever since the term ‘fake news’ first came into public attention in 2016, it’s been lurking in the political background. And with little surprise: it was only last month that…
‘An anti-idealist view of reality’: Object-Oriented Ontology by Graham Harman
Recently, a whole new generation of Pelican books has been published, and among them stands Graham Harman’s Object-Orientated Ontology, abbreviated to OOO. Unless one is intimately invested in philosophy, such…
The Spirit of Science Fiction
The Spirit of Science Fiction is the latest in a string of posthumous publications by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. Written in 1984, this novella would have been one of…
Aberdeen jazz quintet Hamlet impress with their debut, Act One
Hamlet are a relatively young band, formed in the spring of 2017. They started off life by playing contemporary works and jazz standards but have now moved on to create…