Bianca Coleman theplumlist.com As the trailer says, think about it … if you had an opportunity to steal something, anything, significant – without getting caught or facing consequences – would you do it? Deep inside, we probably all have that urge or secret desire; some people follow up on it, others do
Eliora Here are two book reviews that are very different from each other, but equally good reminders that 40 years ago a Springbok rugby tour divided New Zealand. The violence that occurred has been at times labelled as eight weeks of “Batons, Brawls, Barbed wire and Boks.” Hold The Line
Erin Harrington University of Canterbury Erin Harrington’s research and teaching focuses on cultural studies, popular culture, gender studies, and visual culture, with an emphasis upon film. Her key area of specialization is horror cinema. She is particularly interested in philosophical, aesthetic and theoretical approaches to horror, and my book
Hobson’s Pledge Trust In a new book titled He Puapua – Blueprint for breaking up New Zealand, mathematician John Robinson, tears apart the He Puapua plan for two separate governments, one by Maori for Maori, and the other, a “fully bicultural” administration for everyone else. History written by a person
Eliora Blackout, Author Candace Owens “Liberalism is a symptom of remarkable privilege,” says Candace Owens, the charismatic American political activist and speaker. Blackout, Threshold Editions NY, printed in 2020, gives reasons why ‘it’s time for a black exit”. This well-written book in 300 pages tells why blacks should stop
Leora Hadas University of Nottingham Leora Hadas is an assistant professor in the University of Nottingham’s Department of Cultural, Media, and Visual Studies, where she has worked since 2016. She is the author of “Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius”, published in 2020 through the
Damian Wilson rt.com Damian Wilson is a UK journalist, ex-Fleet Street editor, financial industry consultant and political communications special advisor in the UK and EU. The new documentary on five autistic teens is a revelation offering unparalleled insight into the condition in a way that has never been captured
James Bradshaw mercatornet.com James Bradshaw works for an international consulting firm based in Dublin, and has a background in journalism and public policy. Outside of work, he writes for a number of publications, on topics including politics, history, culture, film and literature. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s new book, Prey:
Jack Elbaum fee.org Jack Elbaum is a Hazlitt Writing Fellow at FEE and an incoming sophomore at George Washington University. His writing has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The New York Post, and the Washington Examiner. Thomas Sowell is a one-of-a-kind thinker, scholar, and commentator. Through
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Gabriel Andrade mercatornet.com Gabriel Andrade is assistant professor of medicine at Ajman University, in the United Arab Emirates. His main area of research is Ethics and Psychology in a medical context, as well as the analysis of cultural phenomena from a psychological and philosophical perspective. Coming 2 America Directed
Debbie Hayton rt.com Debbie Hayton is a high school teacher and trade union officer. She teaches science to 11-18-year-olds at a school in central England. As a transgender person, she has written extensively about what it means to be trans and how trans people can be included in society
Damian Wilson rt.com Damian Wilson is a UK journalist, ex-Fleet Street editor, financial industry consultant and political communications special advisor in the UK and EU. Dystopian ‘unelected psychocrats’ have cynically manipulated the British people by weaponising fear to ensure compliance with lockdowns, according to a new book that will
Michael McCaffrey rt.com Michael McCaffrey is a writer and cultural critic who lives in Los Angeles. He is also the host of the popular cinema podcast Looking California and Feeling Minnesota. Luke Holland’s film, which chronicles the complicity of ordinary Germans in the crimes of the Third Reich,
Francis Phillips mercatornet.com A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin By Gerard Verschuuren, Sophia Institute Press, 2021, 240 pages People who read the title of this book will probably divide into two camps: those who already believe the piece of cloth known as the Holy Shroud and preserved
Sherry Zhang asiamediacentre.org.nz Sherry Zhang is a writer based in Tamaki Makaurau. In 2019, she was the Asia New Zealand Foundation’s media intern in Jakarta. She has written for Starling, and The Spinoff. She’s the editor of queer zine The Agenda, and QTBIPOC creative collective Ahua.
