HKRB ESSAYS: Seizing the Memes of Production

Francis Russell discusses the meme strike, ‘Wages for Facebook’ and online labour, arguing that these new movements reveal the emerging relationships between Continue reading →

HKRB ESSAYS: Othello and the Political Secrets of Literature

R. M. Christofides discusses the politics of Cyprus, personal, historical and contemporary, in light of Othello. The omission of Cyprus from academic discussion Continue reading →

Review Essay: Corbyn and The Labour Party Under Miliband

J.A. Smith reflects on two new books from major publishers on the condition of the Labour party today, assessing the Continue reading →

HKRB ESSAYS: Pokémon Go and the Enigma of the City

Edwin Montoya Zorrilla’s HKRB ESSAY counters articles across the internet and finds a Benjaminian radical edge in Pokémon Go, arguing that it Continue reading →

HKRB Essays: Fundraising As Anaesthetic

Luke Cripps lives for a week on the contents of a Refugee Food Ration box and critically reflects on the Continue reading →

Review Essay: Citizen Erased

Adam Steiner reviews two important collections of poetry that bring into question the value of poetry today.  Claudia Rankine, Citizen – An American Continue reading →

HKRB Essays: The Postmodernist Prince

The Postmodernist Prince In a new HKRB Essays series R.M. Christofides argues that Prince was a truly postmodern artist, in Continue reading →

Radical Independent Presses: LONDON

HKRB Notes – Radical Independent Presses: LONDON As part of a new HKRB mini-series, we are profiling 3 independent radical Continue reading →