Recent publications
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​Recent articles and reviews


“Against Us and Them: Reframing the Migrant Question.” Review 31: Web. 9 Nov. 2016.
A book review of three publications exploring the theme of migration by Ben Rawlence, Ben Judah and Slavoj Žižek.
http://review31.co.uk/essay/view/30/against-us-and-them-reframing-the-migration-question

“After Gwangju.” Literary Review, vol.439, Feb. 2016, pp.44-45.
​A review of Han King's novel Human Acts.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/after-gwangju​

“All You Need to Know About the Sex Worker’s Opera.” The Conversation: Web. 26 May 2016.
A feature on The Sex Worker's Opera and verbatim theatre.
https://theconversation.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sex-workers-opera-59350​

“Altitude Sickness.” Literary Review.vol. 455, Jul. 2017, p.20.
A review of Daniel Kehlmann's novel You Should Have Left. 
https://literaryreview.co.uk/altitude-sickness

“A Practical Communism for All.” LA Review of Books: Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
A review of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism, edited by Stephen Anthony Smith.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/practical-communism-21st-century

“Artful by Ali Smith.” The Litterateur: Web. 12 Nov. 2012.
A review of Ali Smith's novel Artful.
http://literateur.com/artful-by-ali-smith/

"Class and the Arts: A Crisis of Representation." Review 31: Web. 2 May 2019.
A book review of three publications on working-class culture by Nick Hubble and Ben Clarker, H. Gustave Klaus and Roberto del Valle Alcalá.
http://review31.co.uk/essay/view/71/class-and-the-arts-a-crisis-of-representation

“Consumerism, Waste, and Re-Use.” European Journal of American Studies 2017-2: Web. 1 Aug. 2017.
A book review of Rachele Dini's Consumerism, Waste, and Re-Use in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Legacies of the Avant-Garde.
https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12173

“Cultural Studies.” Times Literary Supplement, issue 5944. Mar. 2015, pp.35-36. 
A book review of Josh Cohen's The Private Life.
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/cultural-studies-3/

“Double Negative by Ivan Vladislavic.” The Litterateur: Web. 10 Nov. 2013.
A review of Ivan Vladislavi's novel Double Negative. 
http://literateur.com/double-negative-by-ivan-vladislavic/

 “The EU Referendum: The Promise of Change.” Fabian Society: Web. 29 Jun. 2016.
A feature of the EU referendum and EU reform.
http://fabians.org.uk/the-promise-of-change/​

“Homelessness Has Returned to 1900 Levels.” Left Foot Forward: Web. 23 Mar. 2016.
A comment piece on the rise of homelessness, taking a historical perspective.
https://leftfootforward.org/2016/03/homelessness-has-returned-to-1900s-levels/

“Ideology Without Ideology.” Review 31 (2014): Web. Jun. 2014.
A review of The Idea of Communism 2: The New York Conference, edited by Slavoj Žižek.
http://review31.co.uk/article/view/147/ideology-without-ideology

“I’m a Straight Man Directing Queer Theatre: Here’s Why.”Attitude Magazine: Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
​A comment piece on directing LGBTQI+ work.
https://attitude.co.uk/article/im-a-straight-man-directing-queer-theatre-heres-why/8544/

“Default Philosophy Man.” Review 31: Web. Jan. 2015.
A review of Lars Iyer’s novel Wittgenstein Junior.
http://review31.co.uk/article/view/282/default-philosophy-man

“The London International Mime Festival.” Exeunt Magazine: Web. 15 Feb. 2016.
A feature on the London International Mime Festival.
http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/london-international-mime-festival-3/

“Luke Seaber’s Incognito Social Investigation in British Literature.” George Orwell Society Journal 11 (2016): 30-37.
A review of Luke Seaber’s Incognito Social Investigation in British Literature.
https://orwellsocietyblog.wordpress.com/orwell-society-journal-contents/

"Obituary: Arnold Wesker". Plays to See: Web. 16 Apr. 2016.
An obituary for Arnold Wesker.
https://playstosee.com/arnold-wesker-obituary/

“Precarious Living in the Films of Ken Loach” in Living with Strangers: Bedsits and Boarding-houses in Modern English Life, Literature and Film (London: Bloomsbury, 2018): 145-160.
A chapter on Ken Loach in a collection of essays about the living spaces of the poor.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/living-with-strangers-9781350016538/

“Those Same Hours.” The Times Literary Supplement, issue 5967, 19 Jul. 2015, p.42.
A review of Celia Fremlin's novel The Hours Before Dawn.
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/cultural-studies-3/

“Robert Colls’ George Orwell: English Rebel.” George Orwell Studies 1 (2016): 112-121.
A book review of Robert Colls’ George Orwell: English Rebel.
http://www.abramis.co.uk/george-orwell-studies/

“So Just How Fucked Are We?” Review 31: Web. Feb. 2015.
A book review of Danny Dorling's Inequality and the 1%.
http://review31.co.uk/article/view/328/so-just-how-fucked-are-we

“Still Down and Out in Paris and London.” The Conversation: Web. 15 Apr. 2016.
A comment piece on the employment crisis in the UK.
https://scroll.in/article/806827/still-down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-and-not-rising-up

“Theatre as Provocation.” Review 31: Web. Mar. 2014.
A book review of Alain Badiou's Rhapsody for Theatre.
http://review31.co.uk/article/view/209/theatre-as-provocation

“The Way of the World.” Review 31: Web. Jun. 2013.
A book review of Franco Moretti's The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature.
http://review31.co.uk/article/view/158/the-way-of-the-world​

“We Need to Re-examine Corbyn’s Dangerous Friends.” Open Democracy: Web. 19 Aug. 2016.
​A comment piece on media allegations concerning Jeremy Corbyn's ties with terrorist organisations and banned media agencies.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/re-examining-corbyns-dangerous-friendships/

"What is Trump actually does make America great again." Medium. Web. 12 Nov. 2016.
A comment piece on Trump's economic policies.
https://medium.com/@luke_davies/what-if-trump-does-make-america-great-again-3d7179373433 

"Why Theresa May is Lying to You." Left Futures: Web 13 Oct, 2016.
A comment piece on the Theresa May government's claims to be ending austerity.
http://www.leftfutures.org/2016/10/why-theresa-may-is-lying-to-you/