# rambo (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover rambo. Page: Feed: --- ## [Wham! 10 Days in China](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/wham-10-days-in-china) _2026-08-20 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ This documentary about Wham!’s 1985 visit to China captures the complex combination of late Cold War politics, commercial imperatives, and cultural exchanges that the episode encapsulated. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #65](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-65) _2026-08-18 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [‘I Think That’s Deeply Immoral...’](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/i-think-thats-deeply-immoral) _2026-08-13 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A sharp disagreement between Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Manzoor Moghal illustrated what was at stake in narrating the Ugandan Asian experience. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #64](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-64) _2026-08-12 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [‘What’s Happened to Our Party?’](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/whats-happened-to-our-party) _2026-07-30 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A question put to Wandsworth’s Conservative former council leader Ravi Govindia in 2022 offers a useful starting point for considering the rise and fall of a socially and economically liberal order. ## [‘He’s Not Your Typical Tory’](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/hes-not-your-typical-tory) _2026-07-23 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ During his time as leader of Wandsworth Council, Ravi Govindia’s rhetoric oscillated between ideological and pragmatic, drawing in part on his experiences as a teenage refugee from Uganda. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #63](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-63) _2026-07-21 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [‘The Weather Was More Unkind than the People’](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/the-weather-was-more-unkind) _2026-07-16 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ Having come to Britain from Uganda as a refugee, Conservative politician Ravi Govindia’s reflections on this experience emphasised aspiration and successful integration, but also a sense of loss. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #62](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-62) _2026-07-14 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [The Living Daylights (1962)](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/the-living-daylights-1962) _2026-07-08 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ This short James Bond story explores the ambiguities of the Cold War, the professionalism and hierarchies of intelligence work, and the limitations of its protagonist’s brand of masculinity. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ts8s5NhzRlFI) _2026-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #61](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-61) _2026-07-07 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [‘It’s Time We Were Trying Prosperity for a While’](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/hammett-on-his-crafts-part-i) _2026-07-02 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ Pursuing a literary career while suffering with persistent tuberculosis, Dashiell Hammett’s 1920s correspondence negotiated both his being disabled and his financial insecurity. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #60](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-60) _2026-06-30 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [Bond, Rambo, and the Mujahideen](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/bond-rambo-and-the-mujahideen) _2026-06-25 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ The Living Daylights and Rambo III both interwove the Soviet-Afghan War and late Cold War geopolitics more broadly into their very different generic formulae. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #59](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-59) _2026-06-23 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/rambo-first-blood-part-ii-1985) _2026-06-18 · The Academic Bubble_ This sequel played out a fantasy of refighting the Vietnam War, and celebrated the unrewarded bravery and sacrifice of America’s soldiers, while castigating their betrayal by the political class. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #58](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-58) _2026-06-15 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #57](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-57) _2026-06-09 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [Passport to Pimlico and Ealing’s Canons](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/passport-to-pimlico-and-the-making) _2026-05-07 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ Over the decade after its release, Passport to Pimlico became a cornerstone of how Ealing’s comedies and other films, as well as those of its screenwriter and director, were seen as bodies of work. ## [Thomas the Tank Engine (1946)](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/thomas-the-tank-engine-1946) _2026-04-30 · The Academic Bubble_ The second book in The Railway Series introduced its most iconic character, whose childlike qualities appealed to a young audience even as they routinely resulted in chastening experiences. ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fQFzbwIEiQjc) _2026-04-30 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Stop, Look, and Listen #56](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/stop-look-and-listen-56) _2026-04-27 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week. ## [Dead Man’s Wire](https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/dead-mans-wire) _2026-04-23 · Dion Georgiou · The Academic Bubble_ A film that captures the economic discontents and ideological confrontations of 1970s America, albeit in ways that elide some of the dynamics at play in the real events it is based upon.