Category: Society

“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Feigned Swoons beat Locker Room Bravado Every Time (US Elections)

14/10/2016

Ignore the neo-Victorian faux umbrage of the Clinton camp and instead contemplate the corporate bloodbath HRC will helm...

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London Tattoo Convention 2016

06/10/2016

Inky fingers and fiery lipstick at the UK's premier tattoo and body art event...

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Look Again: The Way of the Morris

03/10/2016

Forget the decades of Pythonesque ribbing, Morris dancing is deep rooted folk ritual...

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Lessons in Leadership: What Sanders Could Learn From Corbyn

29/09/2016

Jeremy Corbyn's leadership triumph shows what Sanders might have been...

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Is the US A New Weimar? If So, The Democrats Made It

21/09/2016

If Donald Trump is the symptom of US sickness, it is the Democrats who are the disease...

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A Decade of ‘Delics: Shroom, Ten Years On

20/09/2016

Ten years later, the cultural history of the magic mushroom still gathers fans and furore...

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It’s A Start: Being Bipolar, Accepting I’m Ill (Mental Health)

18/09/2016

The first step to better mental health is accepting there's a problem. ...

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Are You Ready For Parenthood? Try This Simple Test!

16/09/2016

The essential guide to whether you're ready for kids. Tongue may be slightly in cheek....

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Silver Linings: No Longer a Football Widow

09/09/2016

Abba were right: breaking up is never easy. Nevertheless, it does come with some benefits...

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The Vatican: Why Should An NGO Have a UN Seat?

02/09/2016

Why does a Non Governmental Organisation have UN status as Nonmember State Permanent Observer?...

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Abuse, Song, and MS: Laughing at The Doug Anthony All Stars

01/09/2016

Brutally funny, irreverent and extremely politically incorrect....

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Brudging the Issue With the EU Referendum

31/08/2016

We keep getting what we deserve and we never ask why. ...

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Ban the Burkini? Or Ban Middle-Aged White Male Decision-Makers?

26/08/2016

Legislation covers everyone, not just the few women who dress in a way you find threatening...

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Drugs: The Only Issue In Which Ignorance is a Virtue

18/08/2016

Maybe our ‘war on drugs’ should be reframed as a ‘war’ on ignorance...

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Appropriate Culture (Présence Autochtone 2016)

17/08/2016

Cultural appropriation, contemporary Canucks, positive vibes. Montreal celebrates the First Nation...

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Mincer by Dan Booth

HRC: Are We SURE She’s Better than Trump?

16/08/2016

A vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton OR for Donald Trump merely confirms that we get the leaders we deserve...

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State-Scrounging and the Single Mother

11/08/2016

Work, motherhood, singledom - the no-win blame game that winds the taxpayer right up...

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Toto, We’re Not in Cannes: San Sebastian Film Festival

03/08/2016

A genuine cinematic showcase without the silicone and glass fibre of Cannes...

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Just Not the Damned Archers – An Ode to Radio Four

02/08/2016

A grown-up relationship that lasts - the erudite but soothing appeal of Radio Four...

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A Sheepdog’s Trials: Bernie Bows Out

29/07/2016

True to form, the sheepdog that is Bernie Sanders rolls over for Mummy. ...

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Pop Symbols and Unsettling Icons (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu @ Koko)

25/07/2016

On hyper-reality, symbolism, visual constructs and pop music. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at Koko ...

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Social Climbing, Social Division : High Rise (Film)

17/07/2016

A unique and dazzling vision of a dystopian Britain on the brink of social meltdown...

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Une Femme Au Soleil: Montreuil Theatre, Avignon

16/07/2016

Searching for the mean streets amongst Avignon's pleasant boulevards...

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A Farewell to Bernie, the Two-Legged Democrat Sheepdog

11/07/2016

Subdued by Hillary, Sanders joins the lengthy list of Democrat fallguys...

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Congressman John Lewis: You Can Sit, But What Do You Stand For?

04/07/2016

A recent Washington sit-in by the Civil Rights veteran offers little but an entrenchment of the establishment...

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Brexit: The Betrayal of the Young

30/06/2016

Put the kids in basement and lock the door. We don’t want them consorting with them bloody foreigners!...

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Futurism, Vorticism and the Prescience of H.G. Wells (Part Two)

27/06/2016

150 years after his birth, the influence of H.G. Wells on contemporary art is still being felt....

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Mincer by Dan Booth

Post-Sanders Disillusionment? Not if You Know Your Democrat History

25/06/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphere is speculation that Bernie’s Big Misadventure in the sucker-fleecing, traveling carnival of the Democratic Party Primary...

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The Lash of Lord Edmonds: Imagining the Brexit Aftermath

20/06/2016

Gentle and lighthearted musings on the Apocalyptic Gloom which might follow Brexit...

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Machismo and Violence – The Heavy Doors of Another Closet

18/06/2016

Trump calling Obama a closeted Muslim misses the point. Obama's presidency uses Muslims as cannon fodder ...

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