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Occupy London at the DSEI Arms Fair

11/09/2013

Inside: a variety of meetings and conferences by delegates, discussing the proliferation of weapons, the issues surrounding a discourse of deadly peace, and the spread of gunpowder dialogue. Quicker,...

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. ...

John Noveske’s Link to Drugs and School Shootings

06/09/2013

This is the last post John Noveske made on his Facebook page before his death:...

Important podcasts to Improve Your Life.

06/09/2013

In podcasts alternative media has become truly democratised: anyone with a point of view can reach an audience (and by repeating the process achieve fame) with little technical knowledge and less...

Fracking: The Battle for Balcombe

31/08/2013

Balcombe has become the front line in the battle against not simply fracking – but our right to have a say in the big decisions that shape our world...

Seamus Heaney RIP

30/08/2013

Few Nobel laureates make visits to state schools to discuss poetry. Heaney did....

Ministry : Drug Gospels by Al Jourgensen

30/08/2013

'As Al puts it: the guy that was supposed to have his back was clamped on it'. The Ministry story, according to Jourgenson....

Gun Control? Lock and Load

24/08/2013

Col Jon Burrows returns. Trebuchet's man in the States defends his right to bear arms....

The Trouble With Harry

20/08/2013

If, by purposeful default, the authorities allow the streets to become a cesspit, don’t be surprised if the people secretly long for the protection of a Police State...

We Are Not All Trayvon Martin

17/08/2013

Why tackling what happened to Trayvon Martin requires more than shouting his name and pretending you are the same....

Philip K Dick : An Adapted Man

14/08/2013

As far as adaptations of Philip K Dick’s work go there are not as many as you might think...

Green Tea Protest Lemonade

13/08/2013

Drink the green, clean your pipes, cool yourself off and beat back the military-industrial complex in one fell swoop with Trebuchet's Green Tea Lemonade....

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...

Wings of Wax and a Missed Payday

08/08/2013

If the pink beam was indeed a vital message from beyond, then Phillip K Dick proved to be a totally unsuitable transmission device for it....

Sometimes the Stars Rain Down Hard

03/08/2013

Off World, a new and unexpected threat to Phil’s razor-edged peace of mind was lurking in the wings. Its name was Blade Runner...

Why ‘Chav’ is a Feminist Issue

03/08/2013

The discourse around ‘chavs’ can be a cover for denigrating the social agency and sexual autonomy of working-class women, as well as wider political attacks on the working class. ...

Art and Mind 2013

31/07/2013

The hub of the UK art-science community met for a historic photo call at 2pm, Saturday 6 July at GV Art, 49 Chiltern St, London W1U 6LY....

Philip K. Dick : 2-3-74

30/07/2013

'Plastic explosives had been used to open his filing cabinets and many important manuscripts, letters, notes and possessions were missing.' Philip K. Dick's trials continue....

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....

The Strange Conservatism of Dead Space

26/07/2013

It is all too seductive to think that cynicism is insight and pessimism is practicality, but while it is easy to hurl horror and splatter at the gamer, it is taboo to make a case for progress or the...

And Phil Kept Falling Pt. 2

22/07/2013

A new audience of potheads, tripsters and scene makers had no doubt that, when it came to psychedelic science fiction, Phil was the man...

Ecocide and the Soul of a Nation

20/07/2013

Estrangement from nature is estrangement from the landscape of the soul. ...

And Phil Kept Falling

17/07/2013

Berkeley in the early fifties was a hotbed of radical thought and a young Phil stumbled through it with an impish sense of humour alienating Marxists, Trotskyites and ‘free thinkers’ alike with...

Mystic Chemist: The LSD Biography of Albert Hofmann

16/07/2013

' a chemist who does not get mystic looking at the wonders of creation that he's researching is not a real chemist' - Albert Hofmann...

Sarah Corbett: Interview (Part 2)

13/07/2013

In part 2 of this interview, Trebuchet's Sarah Corbett speaks to the Craftivist Collective's Sarah Corbett about political art, Tracey Emin and Occupy...

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...

Bosky Man Visits Scarfolk

04/07/2013

I became convinced that the village had a darker secret. I was quite certain that it had its very own coven of witches....

Sarah Corbett: Interview (Part 1)

03/07/2013

In part one of this interview, Trebuchet's Sarah Corbett speaks to the Craftivist Collective's Sarah Corbett about the growth of craftivism, practical issues and how craftivism can change and...