Top ten books
In no particular order the books I have enjoyed this year.
- V13 by Emmanuel Carrère
- The Hunter by Tara French
- Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge by Benjamin Yen-Yi Fong
- If We Burn by Vincent Bevins
- Believe Nothing Until it is Officially Denied by Patrick Cockburn
- Nuclear War: A Scenario
- Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour
- Conversations with Allende: Socialism in Chile by Régis Debray
- Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music by Toby Manning
and I have finally started Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon.
Top ten podcasts
- True Anon
- American Exception
- Ghost Stories for the End of the World
- Fourth Reich Archeology
- Death is Just Around the Corner
- Politics Theory Other
- Tech Won’t Save Us
- Past Present Future
- The Belgrano Diary
- Master Plan
Top five films (including documentaries)
- Dune Part 2
- Longlegs
- The Apprentice
- Civil War
- The Grab
Top ten TV shows
- Industry: Season 3
- Ripley
- KAOS
- Sherwood: Season 2
- True Detective: Night Country
- Slow Horses: Season 4
- Responder: Season 2
- How to with John Wilson: Season 3
- Lioness
- The Penguin
Political events of the year
- The Trump assassination attempt
- The English summer riots
- Starmer’s wardrobe
- The fall of Assad
- Biden and the Presidential debate
- Death of X
Thing of the year
- Return of Substack
Here’s to 2025!
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