Notebook
On the question of Israel and Palestine, where does one start?
A shared structure of plot in two very different works.
There is an obesity epidemic in western countries, apparently. Here is a very rough, incomplete list of theories about its causes.
How does thinking speed work and how does that relate to unconscious thinking?
Under what circumstances is it appropriate to think in terms of probabilities? An argument against the idea that there are situations in which one shouldn’t think probabilistically.
Music
Hands of Ruin
Hands of Ruin is my cinematic dark ambient and martial industrial music project. In the words of Merchants of Air:
Here is something that proves that dark ambient, neoclassical and martial industrial are far from dead. ‘Schism’ is an impressive and outstanding piece of work, one that definitely earns a place in between all your favorite Cold Meat Industry heroes.
C.Z. Robertson
Electronic music that doesn’t fit the aesthetics of my Hands of Ruin project, released under my own name.
Essays
The Far Left in Britain During the Cold War
A long essay examining the history of the British far left during the Cold War. This was written as something of a cathartic exercise, trying to understand and evaluate the culture I grew up in.