Simon Critchley
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How the hipster came to haunt modern culture
- Culture
- January 26, 2017, 05:00
When David Bowie died last year, we lost a figure who, perhaps more than anyone else, thrived on being self-conscious. For Bowie, identity was not a f(...)

Notes on Suicide by Simon Critchley review: a good argument for not killing yourself
- Books
- February 25, 2016, 12:01
“This book is not a suicide note,” Simon Critchley writes in the first sentence of his short, profound study of self-killing. An academic philosopher (...)

Sleepwalkers: Artistic experiments in biting the hand that feeds
- Visual Art
- March 3, 2015, 10:00
Institutional critique has been a significant strand of contemporary art practice since the 1960s. There’s an element of biting the hand that feeds(...)

Ever the absolute beginner: Bowie, by Simon Critchley
- Books
- October 18, 2014, 10:00
For the proto-punks and New Romantics-in-waiting, David Bowie’s 1972 appearance on Top of the Pops, performing Starman in full Ziggy Stardust regalia,(...)