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Heavy, indulgently vulgar and bro-ho as Spring break in Cancun

04/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”’Even/dropcap if you pretend to hate our music, you will love this album. It will be your guilty pleasure.’ – Fronz,...

Of Old Gits and Hamsters’ Arses

28/06/2014

Farage and Co. are not a bold rejection of the old order – they’re simply extreme expressions of it...

UKIP Turn to Police to Censor Twitter

17/05/2014

When a political party and its members seek to use the police or lawyers to silence legitimate criticism of their policies in the run-up to an election, we cannot merely cuss about it....

Shafting the Welfare State [Part 2]

10/05/2014

Social reform driven by market needs, with social policy development using corporate models. ...

Apicture of a nurse by Charlotte Jarvis @ Waag Society

This is not a Government : This is a Mafia

29/03/2014

This government, with unprecedented audacity and speed, are transforming our nation run on laws and institutions, into one run on patronage and privilege – more like a mafia of the 1% than a...

Stop the sale of the land registry

23/03/2014

Stop the government selling the profitable Land Registry which generates £98 Million pounds to the public purse each year as well as having a satisfaction rating of over 90% from those that use the...

A picture of barbed wire by Victor Hanacek

Gagging the Opposition

22/02/2014

The UK Parliament has just passed a new gagging law. How will gagging affect a loyal opposition?...

The Quireboys : Acoustic Tour

14/01/2014

The Quireboys are pleased to announce a very intimate string of evenings early 2014....

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...

Man on Bench copyright Carl Byron Batson

Boris Johnson’s Plans For Unaffordable Housing

30/11/2013

Londoners should brace for themselves for an influx of toffs whilst the poor sleep on the streets if Boris Johnson’s latest Housing Strategy goes ahead...

Loitered Lens : Reef

24/11/2013

'like Rival Sons with a tad more originality and minus the bullshit. Oh and they packed out Koko on a school night' Photos of Reef at KOKO....

Hastings Storytelling Festival

01/11/2013

Hastings Storytelling Festival celebrates the narrative art, and may just restore your faith in a decent yarn. None of which will be 140 characters or less....

Tory Scum and Proud

26/10/2013

Tory Scum and Proud: The Show You Won't See on Channel 5...

Black History Month : Interview

17/10/2013

There is a tension in Black history that makes it all the more interesting.That is to say, it highlights the many struggles and centrality of people of African descent in making the modern world....

Thatcher's funeral invite by Carl Byron Batson

Thatcher: I’m Glad She’s Dead

12/10/2013

On Thatcher's birthday weekend, we look back on her demise...

The Criminalisation of Unemployed People

05/10/2013

As Osborne announces compulsory community work, are the long-term unemployed being treated as criminals?...

NHS Gagging Order Fight Intensifies

30/09/2013

An incredible 8,222 38 Degrees members, from all across the UK, have donated to help turn up the heat on key MPs about the gagging law. The campaigners are near their target but they need your help....

A picture of Gromit at the RWA exhibition in Bristol

Gromit Unleashed (RWA, Bristol)

18/09/2013

The Gromit trail acted as an excuse to explore the diverse areas of Bristol. It encouraged us to walk round the city, disguising exercise as fun entertainment. ...

Britain is Booming?

14/09/2013

A real world recession for the majority is applauded as a recovery, when all that is recovered are the profits for transnational corporations, and incomes of high earners, most of whom pay little or...

The Archive : Obsession, Festivals and Time

10/09/2013

There are so many regulations. I think the way the UK is policed these days it would be very difficult to do free festivals...

The Sorry Tale Of Universal Credit

07/09/2013

Any attempt at reforming social security based on the nonsensical myth that unemployed people are responsible for unemployment is bound to end in disaster. ...

Less Than Zero Hours?

10/08/2013

As the number of workers on 'zero-hours' contracts is estimated at over a million, new fees for employment tribunal claims put justice out of reach for many...

The Birth of a Police State

27/07/2013

The UK government is about to pass legislation which will make any behaviour perceived to potentially ‘cause nuisance or annoyance’ a criminal offence....

Image: Federico Stevanin/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Woolwich and Terror

06/07/2013

Did you notice how all terrorists used to be Irish? And suddenly, they are all Muslims? Well, they’re not. But if the media agenda is Irish Terror, or Muslim Terror, then it can start to look...