Cats continue their bid for world domination while everyone is distracted
This week, while the world was looking at other ‘more important’ stuff, cats were quietly going about their business. You know, playing with your shoelaces while you’re trying to put… Read more »
And the word of the year is…. single-use
Annually in the UK, the Collins English Dictionary, published by HarperCollins, pick their ‘word of the year’. They have been producing dictionaries since 1819 and currently maintain a database of… Read more »
Brexit explained, via the medium of Ladybirds for Grown-Ups
*brucked (according to Urban Dictionary) When you intentionally vote “Leave” during Brexit and accidentally fuck yourself. “Hey Bro, did you vote ‘REMAIN ‘?” “Nah mate, I totally brucked myself! Turns out the… Read more »
With Brexit imminent, British publishers worry over their futures on the European market
The headline reads “Brexit will usher in a dark chapter for new British authors, warns publisher,” but two phrases that could send chills down one’s spine make up the lede… Read more »
Donald Trump is not welcome in the UK as we try to sort out our own political mess
Awwww, poor Donald Trump. His state visit to the UK has already been postponed once, and now, as he tries to plan a second go around, things aren’t looking good. According… Read more »
Brexit update: it’s about to begin
We have a date. Article 50 – the clause in the the Lisbon Treaty that allows a member state to formally begin the withdrawal process from the European Union — will be triggered… Read more »
New year, new Brexit fiction
So the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has said she’ll be activating Article 50 by the end of March, starting the formal process for leaving the European Union, meaning the… Read more »
Fashionably distressed blog posts: Philip Jones, editor of the Bookseller, shares his thoughts on what Brexit could mean for the publishing industry
As the tub of uneaten yogurt known as 2016 is at long last culled from the fridge, we’re revisiting some of our favorite MobyLives posts from the past year. This one originally ran… Read more »
“Post-truth” is the International Word of the Year
As we learned last week, the election has brought a number of new words into the public consciousness. We also learned that the results of the 2016 US Presidential Election seem to indicate that… Read more »
Slavoj Žižek and Hari Kunzru talk Trump and refugees at the Brooklyn Public Library
I’m simply a pessimist. [Coordinated European state action in favor of refugees] will not happen, which means, maybe, that it’s the end of Europe the way we know it. The only… Read more »