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Tearing Up Social Mores: The Party

14/02/2018

A deliciously bitey satire on bourgeois pretensions, The Party is a reflection on the stage of politics. ...

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China/Art/Soft Power: speak softly and carry a big stick!

13/02/2018

China is developing its soft power portfolio; state propaganda, Confucius institutes, strategic investment and of course, art. ...

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Trump gives the 2018 State of the Union address with Vice President Pence and Speaker Ryan in the background.

SOTU 2018: Donald Trump Colonises America

08/02/2018

Donald Trump's State of the Union speech last week revealed many things and (surprise) more than a few echoes of colonialism....

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Red Square, Moscow - but is McMafia a realistic depiction of Russian organised crime?

McMafia: The Reality

01/02/2018

The BBC's McMafia is an international thriller with Russian organised crime at its heart and London as its hub. But how realistic is the portrayal of Russian-managed drug and human trafficking rings...

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Status Quo Vs. Justice: Strangled

31/01/2018

Basing itself upon true events, Strangled is a bold, sociopolitical thriller that pulls no punches....

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BBC News? More like BBC Nope.

Blackmail, Sexism, Bias: RIP BBC News

25/01/2018

It is time for BBC News to die. It is in a dreadful state, like a horse in the Grand National that's about to be shot....

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Starkly Beautiful: God’s Own Country

24/01/2018

Deftly balancing frank storytelling with plausible gay romance, God's Own Country is a stunning feature debut. ...

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Tankard – A Compilation of Inebriation

20/01/2018

Thrash Metal, like most genres, has its tropes. Those same reoccurring themes which pop up in the lyrics, inspirations or meanings behind the songs....

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You may like privatisation, but not a lot.

Carillion’s fall – privatisation and magical thinking

18/01/2018

In the aftermath of Carillion's collapse, and its winning of government contracts despite clear profit warnings, where does this leave privatisation?...

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How Did China Tame The Market?

16/01/2018

To fully understand the impact of China in the modern world its important to have an idea of how the self styled communist state extricated the free market from democracy....

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Brexit Lemmings, leaping off a patriotic cliff

Year Zero – Brexit and Nihilism

11/01/2018

Sometimes we just have to state the obvious. Brexit is a bad idea. It has already split the country and gave voice to all manner of nasty beliefs once thought dead and buried....

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Chimerica: Is Ai Wei Wei an Enemy of the State?

09/01/2018

The Symbiosis of China & America ...

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The Professionals Islington

Album launched, future credit assured. The Professionals

20/12/2017

Loud and proud, regardless of era, history, politics or provenance...

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Looking for a New Islington? Billy Bragg

06/12/2017

Billy Bragg's Bridges Not Walls tour rolls up to the proletarian boulevards of Islington...

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Tarantist

Death (Sentence) Metal: Not a Crime [Tarantist]

15/11/2017

Iranian Metal goes one step further - TarantisT now sing in Farsi...

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The Trump Effect: Blaming Liberals for Ecology

08/11/2017

Rise of populism affects wildlife management in US ...

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Frieze International Arts Fair at Regent's Park, London,UK

Frieze London International Art Fair 2017

12/10/2017

Subverting, and sometimes satisfying expectations, Frieze returns to London...

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Mummy’s Boy/Daddy’s Girl, or the Opposite? Do Dads Favour Sons?

05/10/2017

Do mothers favor daughters and fathers favor sons? ...

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“I want to show greatness, fragility, softness and power.”: Alexis Peskine

05/10/2017

Peskine's nail sculptures transform anger into hope and pride...

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Monira Al Qadiri

Monira Al Qadiri: The Craft

30/08/2017

Kuwaiti-cana? Exploring gender, politics and petro-cultures at Gasworks...

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Chris T-T by Carl Byron Batson

I haven’t jumped on the Corbyn express: Chris T-T: Interview (Part Two)

24/08/2017

'If you sing about anything other than universal themes, you put people off'...

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Chris T-T by Carl Byron Batson

‘I hope I can turn it down.’ Chris T-T Contemplates a Quieter Life (Interview)

17/08/2017

Like holding back the tide, folk singer and reluctant activist Chris T-T struggles to adapt to a life without opinions...

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Viking cod bones

In the Hands of Cod – How Fish Unified Europe Before Brussels

08/08/2017

DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000-year history of European fish trade...

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Jeremy Corbyn allotment

Grass Roots and Green Shoots: At Jeremy Corbyn’s Allotment

13/06/2017

What's mostly green but red all over? ...

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A Handful of Dust, Whitechapel Gallery

A Handful of Dust (Whitechapel Gallery)

09/06/2017

All we are is dust in the wind. Whitechapel Gallery retread the inestimable wisdom of Kansas (and T.S. Eliot)...

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Red Wine Sauce

Eat Yourself Sozzled: Tracking the Alcohol in Red Wine Sauce

08/06/2017

Can you get intoxicated by pouring beer or wine into your sauce or stew? New research provides the answer...

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An Attempt at a Productive Conversation with a Conservative: A Fantasy Saga

07/06/2017

How do you chat politics with a Tory (without frothing at the mouth)? Invent one....

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Slavoj Zizek and Will Self In Conversation

Slavoj Zizek and Will Self In Conversation

06/06/2017

Two of the West's most dangerous thinkers go head to pointy head...

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Alexander the Really, Really Great: How Important is Charisma in a Leader?

02/06/2017

Charismatic leaders: Too much of a good thing? ...

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lolitics

Reactive, Risky, Red: Lolitics Brings Back Lefty Laughs

31/05/2017

Left turn raw topical comedy road tested for comfort...

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