Luke's Notes

Luke Martell

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This is a personal blog and I post on social and green alternatives, education, books, stories of university life since 1990, politics, music, family, and other themes.

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• On Half-Earth Socialism 2026-02-17 04:00pm
• My Top Albums 2025 2026-02-08 04:00pm
• My Top Tracks: The Kinks, Lola 2025-12-31 04:00pm
• Fenner Brockway: Towards Tomorrow and 98 Not Out 2025-12-28 04:00pm
• Books I Read in 2025 Part 2 2025-12-24 04:00pm
• Books I Read in 2025 Part 1 2025-12-14 04:00pm
• Books I Read in 2021 2025-12-04 04:00pm
• My Top Tracks: The Ruts, In a Rut 2025-10-04 05:00pm
• My Top Tracks: Anouar Brahem, The Astounding Eyes of Rita 2025-09-24 05:00pm
• My Top Tracks: Patti Smith, Because the Night 2025-09-17 05:00pm
• My Top Tracks: John Prine, Hello In There 2025-09-06 05:00pm
• Tiny Keeper: The Story of Steve Death 2025-05-12 05:00pm
• More Ina's Stories: George’s Mum, My Auntie Edie 2025-05-09 05:00pm
• More Ina's Stories: My Uncle, George's Dad 2025-05-08 05:00pm
• My Top Tracks: Miles Davis, On the Corner 2025-04-28 05:00pm
• My Top Tracks: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia 2025-04-27 05:00pm
• More Ina's Stories: on Newburgh again 2025-04-07 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 9, Newburgh 2025-04-06 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 8, Books and Music 2025-04-05 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 7, Politics and Social Issues 2025-04-04 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 6, Religion 2025-04-03 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 5, Back to Swansea 2025-04-02 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 4, And my Family? 2025-04-01 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 3, Swansea and Boarding School 2025-03-31 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 2, Going to Britain 2025-03-30 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Introduction and Contents 2025-03-30 05:00pm
• Ina's Story: Part 1, Peru 2025-03-30 05:00pm
• My Top Tracks: The O'Jays, Love Train 2025-02-19 04:00pm
• From Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X to the Alternatives 2025-02-01 04:00pm
• My Top Tracks: The Clash, Safe European Home 2025-01-20 04:00pm
• My Top Tracks: Introduction - and Alternatives to Spotify 2025-01-08 04:00pm
• My Top Tracks: Eddie and the Hot Rods, Do Anything You Wanna Do 2025-01-08 04:00pm
• Books I Read in 2024 2024-12-17 04:00pm
• In Defence of Pessimism 2024-12-09 04:00pm
• At the Library 2024-11-21 04:00pm
• Colin MacCabe’s Critique of the ‘Classic Realist Text’: a Sociological and Political Perspective 2024-10-30 05:00pm
• On Communism 2024-10-12 05:00pm
• On Blogging 2024-09-25 05:00pm
• Alternative Email 2 2024-09-15 05:00pm
• Alternative Email 3 2024-09-15 05:00pm
• Alternative Email 1 2024-09-14 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 8: The Part-time Years 2016-24 Part 2 2024-07-12 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 7: The Part-Time Years 2016-24 Part 1 2024-07-12 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 6: The Farthing Years 2007-16 Part 2 2024-07-09 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 5: The Farthing Years 2007-16 Part 1 2024-07-07 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 4: The Smith Years 1998-2007 Part 2 2024-06-26 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 3: The Smith Years 1998-2007 Part 1 2024-06-24 05:00pm
• Is Keir Starmer a Socialist? 2024-06-18 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 2: The Early Years 1990-98 Part 2 2024-06-10 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories 1: The Early Years 1990-98 Part 1 2024-06-05 05:00pm
• Sussex Stories: Contents and Introduction 2024-05-08 05:00pm
• For Pluralist Democratic Socialism 2024-04-27 05:00pm
• Books I Read in 2022 2024-04-26 05:00pm
• Building Utopia from the Bottom Up 2024-04-25 05:00pm
• For Alternative Dialogical Education 2024-04-24 05:00pm
• Books I Read in 2023 2024-04-18 05:00pm
• Critical Academics in Theory and Practice 2024-04-15 05:00pm
• On the Marketisation of Universities 2024-04-10 05:00pm