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After a week laid up in bed with a stomach bug, I finally made it out for a walk today, and decided to write something about slow walking.

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June 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'm reposting a few favourite blog posts onto Substack. Here is the first, written after the death of David Lodge, and considering the world portrayed in his novels through the lens of the changing landscape of British Higher Education.

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April 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
So - here is my *second* post on Tracey Thorn/Everything But the Girl Fascination. Now a re-reading of it from the perspective of the beloved and the former lover, revealing a pattern of possessiveness and control approaching the coercive.

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April 19, 2026 at 12:33 PM
First proper Substack post - an essay on the song 'Fascination' by @tracey_thorn /Everything But the Girl, a mixture of musical analysis and wider contextualisation through authors who have dealt with jealousy. @carolinefrmus.bsky.social

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'Fascination' and the non-metabolisation of jealousy
There is a whole spectrum of what I might call ‘negative emotions’ – viewed as such because of their potential for harmful consequences.
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April 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
My latest for Substack, in a sense a follow-up to ‘The Art of Judgment’. May not get me on everyone’s Xmas card list, but hopefully some will find it interesting.

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July 22, 2026 at 7:37 PM
And here is the longer version of the article.

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April 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
On Friday I posted this piece about Tracey Thorn/Everything But the Girl ‘Fascination’. I re-read and realised something was missing - later today will post a second article re-conceiving it in terms of possessiveness and coercive control.

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'Fascination' and the non-metabolisation of jealousy
There is a whole spectrum of what I might call ‘negative emotions’ – viewed as such because of their potential for harmful consequences.
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April 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM
My Substack post analysing in detail the song ‘Fascination’ by @traceythorn.bsky.social and Everything But the Girl, and considering its representation of corrosive jealousy in the context of a wide range of thinkers on the subject.

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'Fascination' and the non-metabolisation of jealousy
There is a whole spectrum of what I might call ‘negative emotions’ – viewed as such because of their potential for harmful consequences.
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April 18, 2026 at 7:05 AM

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George Gershwin, Ian Pace & Michael Finnissy:
🎵 A foggy day in London town

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May 30, 2026 at 6:50 AM