HRH Prog 2 Festival

09/04/2014

There were complaints from some quarters that it was an inconvenient location. But it was an equal opportunity inconvenience; it takes just as long wherever you're coming from. HRH Prog 2...

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London Underground Crime : Avoiding Pickpockets

08/04/2014

Offenders who operate below ground may also operate above ground on major transit systems...

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The Music of Bernard Parmegiani at LCMF

08/04/2014

While in Paris Parmegiani's work is usually presented in state of the art, state-subsidised spaces, here it manifests in multi-storey car parks and former carpet factories, both in formerly abject...

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Secret Garden Party Preview

07/04/2014

What makes Secret Garden special is that its focus upon audience participation makes each hedonistic reveller feel very much a part of a gloriously impromptu and intimate house party....

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Patriotism and Silence

07/04/2014

How can the U.S. not be a haunted land? The country's blood-soaked soil chants songs of lamentation. ...

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Short Fused Sports Coaches Need Hugs

06/04/2014

The notoriously short fuses of some sports coaches could be explained by excessive concern with how they will be seen by others...

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Loitered Lens : HRH Prog

06/04/2014

A selection of photos from HRH Prog festival gives a hint of how things went down at the North Wales shindig...

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Quantum Cryptography for your Phone

05/04/2014

Study into the production of the first 'NSA proof' mobile phone...

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In Defence of Iain Duncan Smith

05/04/2014

It is time to mount a defence of one the most hated figures in British politics - Iain Duncan Smith ...

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Women Avoid Applying for ‘Mens” Jobs

04/04/2014

TUM have discovered something that actually does deter women from applying for a job, even if they are qualified: the wording of the job ads....

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Teebs : Estara

04/04/2014

Mandowa stamps his musical signature onto the record, weaving a living, breathing album of songs with none of the icy clinical detachment that might be expected of a producer's album....

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Loitered Lens : SLF at The Forum

03/04/2014

Stiff Little Fingers live at the Forum....

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Parcelforce : Payments, Fines, Duties and Pain

03/04/2014

It seems the issue is that some post offices, especially at busy times, aren’t careful to mention every eventually that might concern you....

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Video Exclusive : Sleepy Sun – Galaxy Punk

02/04/2014

An amazing video from our favourite ...

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March from Jarrow for the NHS

02/04/2014

Following the basic route of the Jarrow Crusade, we will march on Parliament and build support for the NHS on route....

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John Wesley : Disconnect

02/04/2014

Wesley keeps a foot in both the singer-songwriter and guitar hero camps, and the songs are far more than mere vehicles for guitar pyrotechnics....

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Black Police Good For Comedy Value

01/04/2014

'many United States citizens are not ready to accept an African-American in a serious authoritative role'...

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The World’s Rarest Comic Book

01/04/2014

The discovery of a medium grade copy in a thrift sale (following the death of Day’s daughter Gracia) has been confirmed....

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Continuity Glitches : Why We Miss Them

31/03/2014

The brain mechanism that can blind us to subtle changes in movies and in the real world...

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Dragons or Flies? The State Apparatus of Fear

31/03/2014

Meet your fears, look them in the eye, live among them for a time. Discern whether they consist of an insect buzzing at your windowpane or is a dragon on the roof...

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Hearts React Differently to Exercise, by Gender

30/03/2014

The formula for peak exercise heart rate that doctors have used for decades in tests to diagnose heart conditions may be flawed...

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Loitered Lens: Big Boy Bloater

30/03/2014

Tight grooves, infectious melodies and the unique voice of Big Boy Bloater...

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Is it Safe to Pee in the Pool?

29/03/2014

An answer to the perennial question: Is it safe to pee in the pool?...

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Secret Garden Party Announce Lineup

28/03/2014

The Secret Garden Party announces headliner and additional line up for 2014...

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Slammed : Phone Companies Stealing Your Number

28/03/2014

Telephone companies can take, replace, steal or remove your number, leaving you with few options, little recourse to complain, and in the dark as to how this can happen...

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The Bunnies Have No Trousers!

27/03/2014

Kids' books featuring animals with human characteristics not only lead to less factual learning but also influence children's reasoning about animals...

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Gotthard : Bang!

27/03/2014

It's tip-of-the-brain stuff, trying to list all the possible classic Hard Rock references for these songs, yet they stay on the right side of pastiche....

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Mike Vallely : On Not Being Broken

26/03/2014

Action-sports megacorporations duly demonized, Vallely takes to the appropriately bleak and inhuman streets of Berlin....

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Smokers Can’t Taste Bitter

25/03/2014

Accumulation in the body of some tobacco or combustion products may hamper the regeneration of taste buds. News item...

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Gallon Drunk : The Soul of the Hour

25/03/2014

Gallon Drunk have never sounded so together nor so accomplished. The result of such symbiosis is seven tracks of intense mood and impressive groove. ...

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