Cursed Objects

📢 NEW EPISODE 📢 -- celebrating Walter Benjamin's 130th birthday with a truly cursed journey into the experience economy... from yuppie ballpit bars to the commodification of the Holocaust, it's a wild ride with our spiritual godfather patreon.com/posts/bonus-ep…

New cursed children's book series just dropped

Londoners know smallest galleries hold best exhibitions. Visited @peltzgallery to see Cursed Objects In Museum Shops. Spot Merch from @museumofneolib which I referenced in my #RSA essay & Henry Cole's @V_and_A cafe who was also a Fellow #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3

I'm going to be one of the guests on the @CursedObjectsUK podcast live show in London, 28th May.

I'm doing two free events in November! One a guided walk of One Tree Hill's riotous history, and one a free MULTITUDES talk @UniWestminster with @andrewsmithwest - find out about both here open.substack.com/pub/danhancox/…

the angel of history: just the unvarnished facts please, that's it

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A reminder of this excellent event on Thursday 24th October at 6pm - make sure you book!

🟡There is an extract from MULTITUDES: How Crowds Made the Modern World here in @jacobin! The book is out on Tuesday, you can order it now from the @VersoBooks site jacobin.com/2024/10/blm-pr…

Absolute blast dropping by @CursedObjectsUK - thanks for inviting me on open.spotify.com/episode/2eUaK4…

📢 New episode!! An absolutely riveting, rollercoaster ride through the history of the climate crisis with @alicebell, via a jar of toxic Euston Road air open.spotify.com/episode/2eUaK4…

The English language is full of pejoratives for large groups of people: mob mentality. Herd behaviour. Crowd contagion. But the idea that large groups of people are up to no good is a convenient fantasy for the powers that be, explains @danhancox. novaramedia.com/2024/10/10/whe…

I've written a new Substack post about the Meditteranean instinct to throw delightful, all-ages, free community parties all year round (festa majors, carnavals, etc), and asking Why We Can't Have Nice Things like this in Britain?? danhancox.substack.com/p/partying-wit…

What a time!

📢 NEW EPISODE: Why does everyone, across the political spectrum, push the idea that hard work has any moral value? From IG hustle culture and CEO Mindset, to modern slavery, bullshit jobs and affective labour at Pret, it's time to knuckle down! open.spotify.com/episode/7fJx83…

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🟡MULTITUDES LDN LIVE EVENTS IN OCTOBER🟡 * Conway Hall - Sun 20 October - 3pm * Burley Fisher - Wed 30 October - 6.30pm * Whitechapel Gallery - Thu 31 October - 6.30pm (ticket links below!)

@ali1m @quendergeer @SimonXIX @bierkonceagain Ah cheers for the tag! A good book that nuances crap towns is Owen Hatherley's 'A New Kind of Bleak' which we also discuss on the episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1OdTlH…

🚨Registration link for this is now live: 🚨lse.ac.uk/social-policy/…