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Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek (1920)

Posted on 23/11/2025 by Bobby Seal

Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written by the Czech dramatist, Karel Čapek, in 1920 and was first performed on stage in 1921. It is known as Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti in the original Czech and is commonly referred to as R.U.R. … Continue reading →

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Chester Man Gets Stoned

Posted on 14/09/2025 by Bobby Seal

Their performance lasted about half an hour and they sung about eight numbers, although because of all the noise the fans were making, and the primitive sound system on stage, you couldn’t hear anything and couldn’t even tell which songs … Continue reading →

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Chester Man

Posted on 12/09/2025 by Bobby Seal

He was a unique man and a great musician. We shared a love of history… he could turn a mundane drive through London into a colourful, historical, guided tour. … Even though he had been unwell… the humour and glint … Continue reading →

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The Ghost Signs of Montréal

Posted on 10/09/2025 by Bobby Seal

I attended the Montréal World Film Festival while travelling in Québec in 2016. I remember it was a slightly chaotic affair and it came as no surprise that the festival, founded in 1977, finally folded in 2019. I can recall … Continue reading →

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Entities by Giants of Discovery / Everyday Dust

Posted on 13/03/2025 by Bobby Seal

Music – March 2025 Entities is a 70-copy limited cassette and 8 page booklet containing prose and imagery relating to the two pieces of music on the tape. This new release sees Giants Of Discovery return to the Dustopian Frequencies … Continue reading →

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Wandering in a Haunted Landscape

Posted on 05/01/2025 by Bobby Seal

Something different for the new year. A found document from nearly twelve years ago. It’s a kind of origin myth for this blog. It should have been my first post when I started The Psychogeographic Review back in 2012. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Elihu Yale

Posted on 03/01/2025 by Bobby Seal

Elihu Yale: colonial administrator, senior representative of the East India Company,  President of Madras, philanthropist and founding benefactor of Yale University. His bones lie in a tomb in St Giles churchyard in Wrexham, flesh and shroud long gone. Upon the … Continue reading →

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Psychogeographic Review’s Books of the Year, 2024

Posted on 01/12/2024 by Bobby Seal

The city is a map of stories, and in them we are both the inhabitants and the explorers. Zadie Smith (from NW) At Psychogeographic Review I write about the books, poems, maps, photographs, paintings, films and music that help us to … Continue reading →

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Two Arrow Falls (from Chester City Walls) by Giants of Discovery

Posted on 25/11/2024 by Bobby Seal

Music Review – November 2024 The Wirral, where I was born and bred, has an incredibly rich Viking heritage and is the only place in mainland Britain to have documented evidence of Norwegian Viking Settlers, from 902AD. This album is a … Continue reading →

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Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror and the Spectre of Nostalgia by William Burns

Posted on 22/11/2024 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – November 2024 Is nostalgia a harmless skip down memory lane? Can nostalgia be used like propaganda to mollify, entice, and seduce: encouraging us to turn off our critical thinking, stick our heads in the sand, and revel in … Continue reading →

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