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The Del Boy Paradox

How a British TV comedy helped me to finally understand our obsession with class

Aug 5 • 

Daniel Barnes

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July 2025

Three Thoughts about Pulp

Or why Pulp still feels relevant

Jul 28 • 

Daniel Barnes

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July 2024

Hot Takes on a Hot Day

Good evening.

Jul 19, 2024 • 

Daniel Barnes

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September 2023

The Gap Between Ambition and Reality

A difficulty for the 21st Century

Sep 8, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

August 2023

Careless Words are So Lightly Thrown

The story of an essay on Morrissey that I put my heart and soul into but that everybody rejected

Aug 30, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

July 2023

A Space of Possibility and Drama

Review of 'Beyond the Gaze - Reclaiming the Landscape', Saatchi Gallery, London

Jul 24, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

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Painting the Glitch in the Matrix

Interview with Gavin Turk

Jul 10, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons

A review from my archives

Jul 7, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Damien Hirst and the Aesthetics of Mortality

Jul 6, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

June 2023

Book review: 'Wild Geese' by Soula Emmanuel

It is not often that life offers a second chance to understand why things turned out the way they did, but in this gripping debut Soula Emmanuel…

Jun 27, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

Book review: 'Future Fish' by Conor Sneyd

Best Queer Books of 2023

Jun 13, 2023 • 

Daniel Barnes

April 2023

The Difference Between Fame and Celebrity

Or, Why Not all Famous People are Celebrities and How Social Media is Cheating Us

Apr 19, 2023 • 

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