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Kraftwerk Uncovered at The Science Museum

17/02/2014

It was only natural that sooner or later, Kraftwerk would materialise in some form at the Science Museum...

Chavs and Austerity

15/02/2014

For those of us caught in austerity, there was no shock. Austerity is a forced return home....

A picture of Interzone, an event celebrating William S Burroughs

Interzone at the Barrier

13/02/2014

There were around 250 people milling around the makeshift bunker and most of them had taken the trouble to dress for excess....

Death on the Fault Line

10/02/2014

Torture, blood sacrifice and sinister messages extracted from Beatles lyrics. The final surges of the California Death Ray. ...

Football, Freedom, America

08/02/2014

Last Sunday, America played America in the most American football freedom thing you can ever watch because AMERICA....

Since Zero Dark Thirty (Martin Delaney)

07/02/2014

People like me are just the manifestation of an over-active mind, not cut out for the hard work of the real world! ...

A picture of SWP / Masked Man with a group of cosplayers

Loving the Cosplay

06/02/2014

I do it for the same reason other cosplayers do it - to escape from the tyranny of ‘self’. ...

Edward Snowden Interview [Live Leak]

03/02/2014

A quick repost of NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's interview with German channel NDR....

Macklemore’s Grammy Gold

01/02/2014

After pop rapper Macklemore took Grammy gold, many are crying cultural appropriation. ...

The Drug Dealers and Their Money Men

25/01/2014

Legal marijuana dispensaries can't deposit their money, despite the fact that American banks have conspired with violent drug cartels for years. ...

MAgnetic North Pole expedition by Mike Laird

Beards, Boots and Balaclavas. North Pole

21/01/2014

-40C has a nasty habit of damaging the human body no matter how good the kit or how hardy you believe you are....

Listening : Modes and Strategies

20/01/2014

Listening is largely, though not exclusively, a conscious activity. ...

Poisoning Coal Country Isn’t Freedom

18/01/2014

A Mining Disaster in Coal Country Pushes the Limits of 'Freedom' in Industry...

Maria Kempinska, Jongleurs : Interview

16/01/2014

Can a woman be beautiful and funny? I have heard many intelligent men say no, but I totally disagree. But the road to comedy fame is decidedly harder....

Touring Mbare Township (Part 2)

14/01/2014

It’s a common problem I've encountered in Zimbabwe. If there’s one person there who is staunchly pro-Mugabe, he or she dominates the conversation, cowing others into quiet agreement....

Cleantech Crash? Why Government Should Go Green

11/01/2014

The government has a definite role to play in the promotion of new green technologies and energy sources, no matter what budget hawks like to think....

A picture of Colin Leslie Eyewear sunglasses

Business Interview : Colin Leslie Eyewear

10/01/2014

People need to appreciate that we are all responsible for our environment. If we wish to maintain certain standards and ways of living, we need to....

A promotional picture of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, amended

Charlie Brooker is Rubbish – A Meditation

09/01/2014

Brooker’s nosedive into Planet Shite was neither inevitable nor certain. We all get older, but we don’t have to get old....

Touring Mbare Township (Part One)

08/01/2014

Comrades in arms separated by the melanin in their skin. Sterling Carter visits the war graves of Mbare, Zimbabwe....

Drawing Inspiration

07/01/2014

Symbols don't mean anything; rather they are fecund triggers to the imagination that allow meaning to arise through their contemplation....

A picture of commemorative UK coins with Kitchener

An Emotive Wartime Journey. Yours for £2

04/01/2014

That the Royal Mint Advisory Committee chose to commemorate that 'emotive wartime journey' with the iconic image of Lord Kitchener should come as no surprise....

My Dark Song : Bobby Beausoleil

03/01/2014

Bobby Beausoleil and Charles Manson. The collision of two dominant personalities would certainly be the trigger for the first and, perhaps, all three of the gory and ritualistic Manson Family...

Dragon Paths and Pilgrimages

02/01/2014

At a time when many of us experience a profound sense of disconnection or even alienation from the land, we need more modern pilgrimages...

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Now the Party’s Over. 2013

01/01/2014

What happens if something good happens at the close of year? How can we definitively say what were the highlights of 2013 until it has actually finished? ...

A picture of Rhodesian Rail's Zimbabwe train

Ridin’ the Rhodesian Rails

31/12/2013

Maybe a cow on the track, or an elephant. We're certainly far enough out to see some. Sterling Carter enjoys the scenery on a rail journey through Zimbabwe....

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50 Years of Social Progress. Reversed.

28/12/2013

People born in the 1960’s and 70’s will retire poorer than their parents...

Alan De Niro : Tyrannia

27/12/2013

The value of De Niro's writing is not in what is depicted but in tone, theme, and the disconcerting mood of the short pieces as they seed doubts and second-guesses in the reader. ...

Happy Holidays from Trebuchet

26/12/2013

2014 Cultural Forecasts and Happy Holidays from all the staff at Trebuchet...

Spooks in the Machine : The NSA and Gaming

21/12/2013

While the leaks continue to prove the extent to which American spy agencies are willing to circumvent and undercut civil liberties, what is more shocking is just how paranoid and out of touch spy...