Theorists and Critics

How Roland Barthes Gave Us the TV Recap

25 May 2012

What would the man who essentially created cultural criticism make of a world in which criticism has become a kind of pop culture?

In the Chloroformed Sanctuary

23 May 2012

Tim Parks Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos University scholars marching in Kiel, West Germany, 1965. “Walk around a university campus,� fumed Geoff Dyer in Out of Sheer Rage , “and there is an almost palpable smell of death about the place because hundreds of academics are busy killing everything they touch.� In my last piece in this space I suggested that writers are anxious to present literature as ...

Phillip predicted to win 'Idol'

22 May 2012

MANILA, Philippines – Long-time “American Idol� followers are not backing down from their earlier prediction that Phillip Phillips will win the latest season of the popular US talent search.