Tag: politics

We Can Think That For You Wholesale: Do Think Tanks Work?

Do think-tanks matter? A UBC professor says 'think again' ...

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You Can’t Handle the Truth? The New Censorship

New techniques used to stop journalists covering the news ...

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Boredom Breeds Swivel-Eyed Loons? Existential Ennui and Extremism

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”B/dropcaporedom, it seems, is a contributing cause to political extremism. Evidently, the smartphone age has had its usual inflationary...

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

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

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Saw it Coming. Futurism, Vorticism and the Prescience of H.G. Wells

On the 150th anniversary of his birth, H.G. Wells continues to inspire. ...

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Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

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All Wrong: the misguided adventures of an art world hero (Grayson Perry)

The roving potter lines up his newest quaint exhibits: the northern working classes...

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In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

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More NHS Weekend Staff Won’t Change Mortality Rates, says The Lancet

Link between weekend hospital staffing and patient deaths represents 'major oversimplification', say two new studies ...

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Debt, Housing, Creative Solutions: Construct the Future at Hoxton Gallery

Native's Hoxton Gallery show draws attention to the modern debt/housing crisis, but less typically, suggests solutions...

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When All is Dark, Have Faith in Night

By a poetic descent into the underworld, one is confronted with truths that only can be revealed in darkness....

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Heretic! Religion and Politics, Causing Mayhem for 2000 Years

Scientists find: Religion and politics led to social tension and conflict, then and now ...

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The Other One Percent. What Refugees Really Cost

The fiscal impact of refugees in Sweden ...

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Republic of London? Cities Outperform Countries

The economic significance of cities increases while that of countries falls ...

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No bad religions, only bad apples: Echoes (Henry Naylor)

One very socially relevant idea prevails: religion not as the cause of evil, but as the facilitator for evil people to do evil things....

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The Death Ray Goes Underground (Comix, S Clay Wilson, Robert Crumb)

Underground comix gave space to bold and innovative talents who thrived in the ‘anything goes’ atmosphere following the summer of love....

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Tonight! Punk, Poetry, Politics: Mike Doughty, Hoxton Underbelly

Mike Doughty hits the stage at the Underbelly, Hoxton, tonight....

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Return of the Little Matchgirl: How Tory Cuts Will Affect Children’s Health

Poor children will be hit hardest by government welfare cuts, warn experts ...

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Power, Protest and Resistance (Molly Crabapple)

Portrait of Truthful Artist, Illustrator, Broadcaster, Journalist Molly Crabapple. ...

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Sex, Slashing and Suffrage: The Rokeby Venus (Diego Velasquez)

Mary Richardson's ‘vandalism’ of the Rokeby Venus has become part of the story this painting tells, not something which detracts from its beauty. ...

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UK Culture is Becoming a Dead Parrot. What do you want? Cash?

The Warwick report offers sensible guidelines for the future of UK Culture. But will anyone in power heed it?...

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A Talent Show Without Talent. X Factor (Part two)

The society that allowed us to flourish creatively whatever our background or income is in rapid decline. That cannot be right....

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Expanding Worlds : Across the Sheer Size of Africa

Like my wallet, I'm holding cultural currencies with bills from over twenty African nations. ...

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Does the Devil Have the Best Tunes?

Passion at every level, from personal trauma, hit and run thrill and love, to the way the world is moving: its cruelty, its pains and pleasures....

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Fewer Handguns, Fewer Handgun Homicides. Proving the Obvious

Passing a background check in order to purchase a handgun was associated with a 40 percent reduction in firearm-related homicide rate...

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Just Laibach and Think of Korea [Laibach]

Laibach’s Liberation Day Tour will coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Korean peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonization and subsequent division into two enemy states...

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Jaz Coleman Spoken Word Tour

Letters from Cythera...

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When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

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South Sudan : Towards Redemption, Towards Peace

They wanted peace, a chance to return to their homes....

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Test Dept – DS30 : April 23, Ritzy Picturehouse

This screening of DS30 is accompanied by a selection of archive material of the group on film and video which will be followed by a Q & A with founding members ...

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