Berfrois

Markha Valenta

‘This is the violence of the rational sadist state at a loss for how to use its power’

‘This is the violence of the rational sadist state at a loss for how to use its power’

Out in Public

Out in Public

A politics of purist nationalism is utterly unrealistic…

A politics of purist nationalism is utterly unrealistic…

Most, except the Greek nationalists, are perfectly happy blaming the Greeks…

Most, except the Greek nationalists, are perfectly happy blaming the Greeks…

Markha Valenta on the Utøya island shooting

Markha Valenta on the Utøya island shooting

‘Liberal secularism is on its way to becoming the new group-think’

‘Liberal secularism is on its way to becoming the new group-think’

Rolling Canvasses
Photo essay: Rolling Canvasses
Touchet’s Ridendo Covers
Image gallery: Touchet’s Ridendo Covers
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
Book excerpt: ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
‘Loony Bin Basketball’ by Mary Karr
Poem: ‘Loony Bin Basketball’ by Mary Karr
‘Struggle and Utopia at the End Times of Philosophy’ by François Laruelle
Book excerpt: ‘Struggle and Utopia at the End Times of Philosophy’ by François Laruelle
‘Old Pauline’ and ‘La Marmotte’ by Rosamund Marriott Watson
Poems: ‘Old Pauline’ and ‘La Marmotte’ by Rosamund Marriott Watson