Richard Wagner: Genius, Visionary, White Cultural Hero
This year marks the bicentenary of the birth of one of the greatest composers and poets in the history of Caucasian man: Richard Wagner. I do not throw the words ‘genius’ around like confetti, like many people do these days, but I would certainly use that epithet to describe this man. His genius is such that, in spite of being constantly castigated and deconstructed, his music has survived and been enjoyed by millions around the…
The Village
Billed as “an epic drama series for BBC One …, charting the life and turbulent times of one English village across the whole of the 20th century”, the first of six episodes of ‘The Village’ were screened last night, marking the beginning of what will be one of the state broadcaster’s major propaganda exercises for 2013. Furthermore, on the Daily Mail website yesterday was a promotional pre-publicity article announcing ‘The Village’ and informing us that the…