Harvey Weinstein – why men must address their sexual issues 13 October 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , News , Shame , 2 Comments As I write, social media is ablaze with furore over multiple sexual allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Until just a few days ago Weinstein was in a […]

Horror films and the shame of sex 18 June 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Shame , 1 Comment While most film genres rise and fall in popularity over the decades—we are currently in a mini-age of comic book action films—one genre stands head and shoulders above all others in durability: horror. […]

If war is to end, so must war stories 20 February 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Patriarchy , 1 Comment Ca-ching! Multiplex cash registers around the world are still sizzling hot from the record-breaking box office performance of The Force Awakens, episode seven of the long-running Star Wars saga. Star Wars Inside […]

Point Blank – Springsteen and the shadow of shame 5 March 2015 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Shame , 2 Comments As the 1960s gave way to the 1970s, hopes of a freer and more egalitarian society arising from the flower power revolution and the Summer of Love gave way to disillusion […]

Death of a Car Lady – under the hood of Anne Naysmith’s life 16 February 2015 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , News , Shame , 1 Comment Last Friday, the eve of Valentine’s Day, red roses spontaneously appeared in the windows of many of the shops lining the Chiswick High Street. The […]

Pink Floyd’s The Wall – a rock opera on sexual shame 18 March 2012 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Shame , 1 Comment During my adolescence, in what I only later realised was a subtly but significantly dysfunctional family, rock music was the main fault line between my father and I. I […]