WAYS BEYOND LANGUAGE TO GET WAY BEYOND LANGUAGE

When did you last read a comic? And was it a funny one you read with a child? A serious graphic novel recommended in a Sunday supplement? A superhero yarn you bought by reflex action?

Comics fascinate me, and have done for most of my life. There’s something about the combination of word and . . . → Read More: WAYS BEYOND LANGUAGE TO GET WAY BEYOND LANGUAGE

IMPOSING YOUR SIGNAL ON THE WORLD’S NOISE

For a while now, I’ve found frustration with some Radio 6 shows without being sure of the source of my anomie. And then I sussed what it was. The station has quite a few presenters who ape the excitable pumped-up language of disc jockeys from an earlier era — the likes of ‘Fluff’ Freeman . . . → Read More: IMPOSING YOUR SIGNAL ON THE WORLD’S NOISE