Holy shit: this P Diddy song must have been swept under the rug, immediately after it was finished. You mainly write on identity politics and religion, what advice would you give to anyone looking to write on these topics? Many people believe that Britain is divided. Whether that be geographically with a north and south divide, politically after what happened with the Brexit vote or now through the cost-of-living crisis and the economic divide it’s causing.

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Puntí is clever without ever being saccharine, literary in choice of phrase without ever being obtuse—always a joy to read.” — New York Journal of Books Oh, I didn’t mean consciously copying Ferry. It should have been “copying”. Though I think it’s funny 2 of the better songs of Bowie’s 80’s output sound a bit like Ferry. Agree Ferry has been more solid with his solo music style. I think Bowie is more obviously dependent on inspiration from without and that’s one of the reasons the 80’s lapse happened…Ferry, I *think* is more inspired by his own fantasy world and has a specific sound he’s searching for but never going to any great extremes to achieve it. That’s the impression I get from his solo career, Roxy Music is a different story…even though after Eno left Roxy was pretty much his project as well… I’ve always liked this. I bought the single, which must make it the last Bowie music I bought at the time of release – everything since has been previous releases A man recalls a past love as he strolls through the lonely streets of Barcelona. A hitchhiker on the outskirts of the city of Vic carries his secrets in a briefcase. In northern Catalonia, a villager receives letters from a long-estranged brother and grapples with how to respond. Then there’s the man who wants to surprise his wife with a trip to Paris, only to swap it for a solitary cruise.

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I always thought he sounded a bit like Dusty Springfield in the chorus, which seemed oddly prescient when the Pet Shop Boys began working with her soon after wards. Great song though-probably one of his top five in the 80’s (post SS) Grove Press An imprint of Grove Atlantic, an American independent publisher, who publish in the UK through Atlantic Books. I’m ashamed to say I never listened to the lyrics properly. Let’s face it, the key lyric everyone remembers is sha-la-la-la-laaa. 😉 You see? We’d never be able to have kids, you and I,” she blurted out in a pause, with a soberness that didn’t match the happiness of the moment. “We wouldn’t even know how to swing them, let alone parent them. Imagine what a disaster we’d be.”

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Searing short stories... Puntí is unafraid to explore the uncomfortable rifts of his characters' lives, particularly the lies they tell themselves to embolden or confront their justifications of their situations." -- Booklist What underpins my opposition is seeing people first as individuals, not as representatives of their race. This is not to argue that I don’t see race, or that race doesn’t matter. It is to argue that to define someone exclusively by their race is to acquiesce to the vision of racists. I will not stand by that. It has now been a few years since the George Floyd disruption, and Owolade’s book also serves as a calm account of why Britain lost its head during that time. He’s right to unravel our complex relationship with America: here in Britain, we need to keep an eye on the reality of racism, but we must realise that class, geography, family and agency are the key factors in levelling up our society. In the final chapter, he ends by writing: UK: Rishi Sunak hosts talks with Kamala Harris, vice-president of the US, at No 10, followed by a private dinner; Harris also delivers a policy speech on the future of AI at the US embassy in London; Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, speaks at the annual conference of the King’s Fund, a health think tank; start of Movember, the moustache-growing charity event held during November each year to raise funds and awareness for men’s health.Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times, Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and New Statesman