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Prophets of Doom

In the Independent, Deborah Orr parses Ballard in her analysis of John Gray’s Black Mass: In his latest book, Black Mass, the philosopher John Gray traces the history of Western millenarianism … For...

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‘This most astonishing penumbra': Will Self on J.G. Ballard

Original photography by Steve Double (Ballard) and Jerry Bauer (Self). The indefatigable Mike Bonsall has kindly transcribed the Will Self segment on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book program; listen to the...

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Psychogeography? Psychopathology, maybe…

In this Guardian review of a recent V&A talk, the reviewer mentions Ballard’s tribute to Iain Sinclair and Will Self in Miracles: Towards the end of his new memoir, Miracles of Life, JG Ballard...

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Indexed out of existence…

Ballard’s “The Index” (1977) is a damnably clever short “story”, playing all sorts of games with the reader, with the act of writing, with existence itself. It tells the tale of a mysterious man named...

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'His personal horizon': Sinclair and Self on Ballard

When Iain Sinclair and Will Self appeared on stage together earlier this year to talk about psychogeography, chaired by Kevin Jackson, I wondered what mystical forces aligned for this event to come to...

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Rick McGrath’s Letter From London: The JG Ballard Memorial

Rick McGrath’s Letter From London: The JG Ballard Memorial All photography by Rick McGrath. Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:45pm, The Founders Pub, London. Dear Simon, Greetings from London! Hope all is...

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Venus Smiled: Tribute to Claire Walsh

Claire Walsh at the J.G. Ballard Memorial Service, London, 2009. Photo: Rick McGrath. Two weeks ago, Claire Walsh died after battling cancer. Walsh was an editor and literary publicist, and J.G....

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