Author Archives: aethelreadtheunread
What’s best: an “anti-stigma” campaign, or a political campaign?
There’s been a long, long gap between this post and the last, you’ll note, even though they’re on related topics. That’s partly because I found myself being misrepresented and strawmanned in a few places in the blogosphere (and a bit … Continue reading
They don’t speak for us: the mental health establishment, “stigma” and, now, “casual stigma”
You know something? I really hate this preoccupation with the concept of “stigma” in relation to mental illness. It’s trivial, and middle class – “but, my dear, there’s simply nothing worse that a mental patient might have to face than … Continue reading
Sci-fi fans like Douglas Adams because he wrote good sci-fi
Today would have been Douglas Adams’ 61st birthday, if he hadn’t gone and left the world a smaller, darker place by carelessly dying in 2001. Google have a celebratory Hitchhiker’s doodle (currently on their search homepage, after today it will … Continue reading
Beware the lethal sausages of doom! Or, you know, don’t.
Ok, so hands up if you read the terrifying news that people who eat lots of processed meat are 44% more likely to die prematurely than their counterparts who eat a small amount of processed meat. … 44%? That’s, like, … Continue reading
Aethelread’s Great Album Countdown: What, no Pulp?
Yes, that’s right – my series of posts counting down my favourite albums of all time has now entered the afterlife. You’d think that, having told you yesterday that my favourite album of all time was Suede’s Coming Up, today … Continue reading
Aethelread’s Great Album Countdown #1: Suede, Coming Up
For the past week, I’ve been producing a series of posts counting down my favourite albums of all time, having been inspired to do so by Danny Baker’s Great Album Showdown on BBC4. That process has now reached its shuddering … Continue reading
Aethelread’s Great Album Countdown #2: Pet Shop Boys, Nightlife
So, my series of posts counting down my favourite albums of all time is continuing (and it is, as ever, inspired by Danny Baker’s recent TV show). Over the last five days, I’ve let you know about the albums I … Continue reading
Aethelread’s Great Album Countdown #3: Kingmaker, Sleepwalking
Over the past few days I’ve been producing a series of posts in which, inspired by the TV show Danny Baker’s Great Album Showdown, I’ve been counting down my favourite albums of all time. So far I’ve revealed numbers seven … Continue reading
Aethelread’s Great Album Countdown #4: Chumbawamba, Anarchy
Today, then, it’s time for the fourth entry in my week-long series of posts counting down my favourite albums of all time, which was inspired by Danny Baker’s recent BBC4 show Great Album Showdown. Over the past three days I’ve … Continue reading
Radio 2 listeners’ favourite albums of all time
The BBC’s “album season” (an earlier strand of which led to me counting down my 7 favourite albums of all time in February) reached its juddering climax last Monday, when Radio 2 announced its listeners’ favourite albums of all time–– … Continue reading →