Old Filth
Who is Albert Loss?
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The play on Albert’s name, which references both loss and Coleridge’s albatross, tells us that the figurative albatross around Filth’s neck is loss. The albatross from Coleridge’s poem has become shorthand for a psychological burden, something unpleasant that must be carried through life, and loss and loneliness plagues Filth throughout his life.