Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions
Added 2025-07-16 05:15:00 +0000 UTCOwen Hatherley returns to respond to the excellent questions sent in by listeners. Topics included the prospect of a new left party in the UK, housing policy under Keir Starmer's Labour government, and Ian MacDonald's 1994 book Revolution in the Head. Owen also responded to a couple of questions following up on our recent episode on the Manic Street Preachers.
Thanks to everyone who sent in a question and to all of you for your continued support for the show!
Show notes:
Owen, Juliet Jacques and Alberto Toscano on the documentaries of Adam Curtis:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/49236395
Comments
Read Revolution in the Head (through aching calves and hips) for free while standing in the Dublin Virgin Megastore over the course of a few weeks. Sort-of began my (stop-start) journey into education and the study of culture in the mid-90s. I kind-of bought the disenchantment thesis of the opening essay for a while before later dismissing a lot of (but not all) of it. Yes, it has a special place in my heart despite its limitations and the writing is great.
Fergal MacDomhnaill
2025-07-25 18:41:07 +0000 UTCThoroughly enjoyed, interesting stuff as always with Owen. Have to demur re. soft rock era Fleetwood Mac though. Musically slick muzak, entirely predictable, with little more than a soporific effect from sentimental chordings that close down the imagination by giving a safe musical outcome. Combined with a lyrical narcissism, mostly concerned with which member of the entourage two timed them/they are two timing. Self-obsessed coke-addled ramblings of tax exile millionaires. Although maybe Owen just loves them for the air-headed attempt to exoticise Wales in Rhiannon.
Clive Hedges
2025-07-20 10:32:47 +0000 UTC
