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Enemies Within: Derek Jarman’s Kicking the Pricks and The Last of England
Republished for the first time in nearly thirty years, Derek Jarman's book Kicking the Pricks, including the director's notes and diaries from the making of his seminal film The Last of England, offers a portal into a rotting UK that feels all too familiar
Books
From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ's bookshelf revealed
Books
Nudism, Children’s Games & Racist Tories: Britain Through the Eyes of Daniel Farson
As the BFI releases it's second volume of films by broadcaster Daniel Farson, Juliet Jacques looks back to a mid-century UK at once start startlingly different and also, perhaps, disturbingly similar to our own
Books
Black Weirdos Unite: An Extract from We Were Here by Stephanie Phillips
Following our interview with Stephanie Phillips yesterday, the Quietus proudly publishes an exclusive extract from her new book We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music
Books
“History Itself Justifies Our Presence”: Stephanie Phillips on the Erasure of Black Voices in Punk and Indie Music
Ahead of the publication of her new book, We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music, Stephanie Phillips of the band Big Joanie talks to Janan Jama about the Black representation in punk and indie music
Books
Teen Dreams: Kitten Frenzy, Urusei Yatsura & the 90s Scottish Indie Scene
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Scene Within a Scene: Scottish Indie Music from 1992–2001, Grant McPhee takes us through an oral history of the early days of one of 90s Glasgow's fiercest live bands, Urusei Yatsura
Books
Nudism, Children’s Games & Racist Tories: Britain Through the Eyes of Daniel Farson
As the BFI releases it's second volume of films by broadcaster Daniel Farson, Juliet Jacques looks back to a mid-century UK at once start startlingly different and also, perhaps, disturbingly similar to our own
Books
“History Itself Justifies Our Presence”: Stephanie Phillips on the Erasure of Black Voices in Punk and Indie Music
Ahead of the publication of her new book, We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music, Stephanie Phillips of the band Big Joanie talks to Janan Jama about the Black representation in punk and indie music
Books
Teen Dreams: Kitten Frenzy, Urusei Yatsura & the 90s Scottish Indie Scene
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Scene Within a Scene: Scottish Indie Music from 1992–2001, Grant McPhee takes us through an oral history of the early days of one of 90s Glasgow's fiercest live bands, Urusei Yatsura
Film
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Film
Murderers Among Us: Owen Hatherley Picks Over the ‘Rubble Films’ of Post-War East Germany
A new boxset from Eureka Entertainment collects five films from the DEFA archives, taking in film noir, Expressionism, melodrama – and denazification
Film
How Sheffield Film Tales From A Hard City set the Scene for Pulp’s Different Class
Daniel Dylan Wray argues that the depiction of Steel City life in a little-known 1995 film (currently being celebrated in an art exhibition and series of screenings) acts as a "companion and contrast piece" to Jarvis Cocker & co's commercial breakthrough, released the same year. Black and white still photography by Bill Stephenson.
Film
How Sheffield Film Tales From A Hard City set the Scene for Pulp’s Different Class
Daniel Dylan Wray argues that the depiction of Steel City life in a little-known 1995 film (currently being celebrated in an art exhibition and series of screenings) acts as a "companion and contrast piece" to Jarvis Cocker & co's commercial breakthrough, released the same year. Black and white still photography by Bill Stephenson.
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Television
Communism, Sex & Cruelty to Animals: 40 Years of Hail The New Puritan
Featuring The Fall and Leigh Bowery, Charles Atlas's revolutionary mockumentary on dancer and choreographer Michael Clark first aired forty years ago this month – looking back at it shows how far Channel Four has fallen, argues Samuel Cox
Television
Notes On True Detective: Night Country By Eugene Thacker & Tariq Goddard
The pessimistic philosophical text In The Dust Of This Planet was an influence on Season 1 of True Detective; its author and publisher settle in for the long dark night of Season 4. Contains some light spoilers for early episodes of Night Country
Television
Communism, Sex & Cruelty to Animals: 40 Years of Hail The New Puritan
Featuring The Fall and Leigh Bowery, Charles Atlas's revolutionary mockumentary on dancer and choreographer Michael Clark first aired forty years ago this month – looking back at it shows how far Channel Four has fallen, argues Samuel Cox
Television
Notes On True Detective: Night Country By Eugene Thacker & Tariq Goddard
The pessimistic philosophical text In The Dust Of This Planet was an influence on Season 1 of True Detective; its author and publisher settle in for the long dark night of Season 4. Contains some light spoilers for early episodes of Night Country
Art
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Art
Dancing on Moonbeams: Artist Luke Fowler on Electronic Music Pioneer Janet Beat
Derek Jarman award-winner and Turner Prize nominee Luke Fowler speaks to Claire M. Holdsworth about his latest film, A Sensation Never Yet Known, a portrait of the electroacoustic composer and musician Janet Beat
