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On the resignation of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:

On the resignation of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:

towards a politics of change Prime Minister Ardern resigned. Although it deals with what has been said about her time in office and her exit from it, the article that follows is neither valedictory nor a critique. I wanted to deal with what has not been said. I think her
Simon Taylor 08 Apr 2025
corpocracy and plaguology:

corpocracy and plaguology:

some thoughts on “Digital Maoism” (2007) A voice should be sensed as a whole. You have to have a chance to sense personality in order for language to have its full meaning. Personal Web pages do that, as do journals and books. Even Britannica has an editorial voice, which some
Simon Taylor 08 Apr 2025
Sweetheart, over____ - stageplay (2006)

Sweetheart, over____ - stageplay (2006)

ACT 1 Running the scenarios. At the SALTON home, in BARBARA and MARIA's sitting room. (BARBARA SALTON stands at a high table reading a book. She wears a black dress down to her ankles. There's a revolver on the table.) (MARIA SALTON enters.) MARIA I don&
Simon Taylor 07 Apr 2025
experiments with death - screenplay (2005)

experiments with death - screenplay (2005)

1 INT. DAVID'S BEDROOM STUDIO -- AFTERNOON Contrary to normal practice, scenes are numbered throughout. This is for reference: the action in a scene often refers back, quoting action in other scenes, through a monitor or screen. David sits on a chair against a white wall. DAVID Who am
Simon Taylor 07 Apr 2025
NOTHING LEFT FOR THE MIND

NOTHING LEFT FOR THE MIND

the cemetery of principle, part 1 (link to part 2) Nothing left for the mind Nothing left for the mind at the cemetery of principle Nothing left for the mind that some poet hasn’t mushed up and served you Like baby food Not even loss that hasn’t been
Simon Taylor 07 Apr 2025
theatre manifesto from the 90s

theatre manifesto from the 90s

(1) Theatres don’t make money. Don’t expect them to. (2) Theatres are patronised, not patronising. (3) Theatres are compromised – in this town, in this country, in this economy, in this culture – not compromising. (4) A company shares responsibility, not liability. (5) A company subsidises its artform artistically, not
Simon Taylor 04 Apr 2025
Dear Visitor to Square White World 2009

Dear Visitor to Square White World 2009

Dear Visitor, You are saying something to me. But I can't hear you over the roar of the river. We are in fact at a place where rivers meet: a river of ink, where we have met before, now in flood, and threatening to overcome its banks, as
Simon Taylor 02 Apr 2025

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