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Peter Mitchell

(He/Him)
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Covers:  Politics, history, nostalgia, culture, arts, books, fiction, nonfiction, books in translation, former Soviet sphere, Northern England
ruinous folly covered in moss | 'Imperial Nostalgia: How the British Conquered Themselves' (MUP 2021)
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Our finest forever: Britain’s World War Two nostalgia

Our finest forever: Britain’s World War Two nostalgia

Peter Mitchell on the great national myth of World War Two

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It Goes on Forever

It Goes on Forever

Peter Mitchell: I Wanna Be Yours - John Cooper Clarke reviewed by Peter Mitchell | Review 31: an online liter…

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The National Trust is under attack because it cares about history, not fantasy | Peter Mitchell

The National Trust is under attack because it cares about history, not fantasy | Peter Mitchell

Whereas the Trust wants to explore its historic links to slavery, the right wants to preserve an unreal versi…

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To the far right, attacks on protesters as enemies of 'western culture' are a gift

To the far right, attacks on protesters as enemies of 'western culture' are a gift

Some reaction to the statue-toppling in Bristol reveals the influence of the 'great replacement' conspiracy t…

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Culture Wars and Decolonizing the University

Culture Wars and Decolonizing the University

Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial and Kerem Nişancoğlu (Eds) Decolonising the University Pluto Press, 2018 …

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The Great Northern Morlock Hunt

The Great Northern Morlock Hunt

Peter Mitchell | Review 31: an online literary review.

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Peter Mitchell reviews Malacqua: Four Days of Rain in the City of Naples, Waiting for the Occurre...

Peter Mitchell reviews Malacqua: Four Days of Rain in the City of Naples, Waiting for the Occurre...

Times of political violence and foreboding generate portents: think of Shakespeare, living in a culture obses…

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Mythography - TLS

Mythography - TLS

On Empire of Sentiment by Joanna Lewis

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Peter Mitchell reviews Kingdom Cons, The Transmigration of Bodies, and Signs Preceding the End of...

Peter Mitchell reviews Kingdom Cons, The Transmigration of Bodies, and Signs Preceding the End of...

Narcocorridos are the folk music of the Latin American drug wars, and they're massive in Mexico. They take a …

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Sixty Billion Chickens a Year

Sixty Billion Chickens a Year

Peter Mitchell: A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future o…

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Waiting for Sargon

Waiting for Sargon

Peter Mitchell | Review 31: an online literary review.

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Peter Mitchell reviews Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić - Asymptote

Peter Mitchell reviews Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić - Asymptote

All the descriptions of Dubravka Ugrešić's Fox, either from the publisher Open Letter or elsewhere, suggest i…

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Mythography - TLS

Mythography - TLS

On Empire of Sentiment by Joanna Lewis

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Colonialism - TLS

Colonialism - TLS

Malcolm Jack's new book is a broad survey of European and colonial literature detailing the encounter with So…

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That Lunatic Risk

That Lunatic Risk

Peter Mitchell | Review 31: an online literary review.

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Off the rails - TLS

Off the rails - TLS

The effects of transport policy on a nation

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This Is Normal

This Is Normal

Peter Mitchell: Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today - Anna Feigenbaum revi…

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Anthologies - TLS

Anthologies - TLS

Dalkey Archive has built a reputation on a pursuit of otherwise untranslated work, a contempt for commercial …

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The Quietus | Features | Tome On The Range | Immigration As Erasal: On 'Signs Preceding The End O...

The Quietus | Features | Tome On The Range | Immigration As Erasal: On 'Signs Preceding The End O...

Pete Mitchell considers Yuri Herrera's Signs Preceding the End of the World - the author's only full-length w…

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