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Thirty years of watching The Fall
It’s an amazing anniversary today. No, not two months since I last updated my blog. It’s thirty years since I first saw The Fall play live. It’s a gig that has lived long in the memory. I must have seen…
The ‘alt-left’ media, memes, algorithms, and the price of the MSM not taking the internet seriously
A couple of very good pieces about the impact of online activity on elections that I recommend you take a bit of time to read. First up, Jim Waterson with “The Rise Of The Alt-Left British Media” It’s a look…
![(L-R) My dad, James, some bloke a couple of rows back, and me, at Leyton Orient on Boxing Day 2016](https://martinbelam.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/15747618_10154649351780708_8525875369326061069_n-150x150.jpg)
What if taking my son to Leyton Orient is ruining football for him?
A couple of weeks ago my wife and children had just landed in Cyprus, and she texted me: “On the bus to the hotel – we’re the first stop – thank God! Flight was fine – no bumps. James wants…
I’m Martin Belam! You might know me from such internet projects as…
My name is Martin Belam and I’m about to become Social & New Formats Editor at the Guardian and you might be thinking “Who is this bozo and what the hell is that all about” So, by way of a…
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Friday Reading S02E09
*sings* It’s some stuff 🎶 I read 🎶 That you might like 🎶 Or not. *ends singing* “After all this, you still think you want to be an information architect because you are in love with the idea of spreading…