In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time.

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“I’m not voting for anyone because I oppose genocide.” Guess what, no you don’t.

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I finished East of Eden by John Steinbeck this evening. Absolutely incredible. Hard to articulate but I think I’m a changed person. There’s a me before this book and me after this book. Theres wisdom in here I’ve needed to hear for a long time. Highly recommend. 6/5 stars.

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