About ¡Tamizdat!

Some info about using ¡Tamizdat! in a few discrete categories.

Contributors: This site is run by '¡Tamizdat!', whose real forename you don't know. This blog will occasionally have contributions from authors with political opinions as variegated as Heston Blumenthal's choices for his lunch! We accept contributions from the Left and Right, particularly on protests, strikes and other forms of struggle. We don't accept contributions about psoriasis cures, herbal viagra and cheap insurance, so don't even think about it.

Content: Like most blogs, the content is erratic, separated by the intrusions of daily life, random interests, monomania and music. I certainly don't profess to be omniscient, but at least one knows that every blog post will be researched. Ignorance isn't an option. Use the search box at the top of the sidebar to locate information on anything you don't see - there are usually plenty of links to check up material and sources.

Comments: The comments boxes are lightly moderated. Aside from one or two regular trolls, comments are generally not edited or deleted. In most cases, racist, sexist or homophobic comments are deleted. If you find your IP address is banned, either you are a troll or you happen to share an IP address with a troll. Or there's been a horrible mistake and you can e-mail me. If you notice your comment is being moderated, it is because moderation has been turned on temporarily to deal with a troll: individual commenters are not targeted for moderation. People might sometimes say mean things to you, but if you e-mail me I will apply a soothing unguent to your hurting regions.

Stuff about 'Tamizdat': I'm from England, and can resist anything except temptation, flattery or money. That said, at least I don't have those stupid adverts on the site or one of those little Paypal symbols as if I'm entitled to pester you for money simply because you occasionally devote yourself to gobbling up my globules of prose. Here's some turn-ons.

Favourite novelists, poets, playwrights etc: Simon Sebag Montefiore; George Orwell; Julia Sweig; Jim Riordan; Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven; Greg Iles; Bertrand Patenaude.

Favourite bands, artists, singers etc: Oasis; Kasabian, The Stone Roses; The Beatles; The Verve; Detroit Social Club; Reverend and the Makers; The Enemy; Editors; Goldhawks; Paul Weller; Ou Est Le Swimming Pool; Ian Brown; Jimi Hendrix; The Libertines; Babyshambles; Peter Doherty.

Marvel at my impeccable taste. Gasp at my august prose.