Category: Society

“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Graveyard of Empires: Afghanistan Prepares its Killing Grounds… Again

There is no draining the swamp of the collective mind, for the swamp and citizenry are one. ...

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What Does Dignity Taste Of? Présence Autochtone 2017

As cultural expressions, food sit proudly alongside painting at Presence Autochtone...

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Flags, Statues, Genocide and the Trash Can of History

If tearing down statues could redress the wrongs of history, why stop at Confederates?...

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Shake Those Chains – It’s Your Inalienable Right

In a society dominated by money and its protection, your only rights are to shout impotently...

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Requiem4Grenfell – Images and Verse

Scenes of community, hope, defiance and care from the wreckage of Grenfell...

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Fire and Fury: Perpetual War = Perpetual High Dollar

The marriage of the high dollar to perpetual war becomes more blatant by the day...

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The Art Life (of David Lynch) – A Movie Review

The Art Life tells us no more of David Lynch's life than he wants us to know....

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Tune in, Turn On, Don’t die with your novel still in you.

One man's wisdom is another man's trite platitude, but who wants to spend their life guarding dust?...

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Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show (Part Two)

Needles, inkguns, rubber and balm - colourful scenes from Alexander Palace...

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Is Trump Getting Too Big For His (Concrete) Boots?

Elites have no issue with dead Muslims, but they will draw the line at presidential ineptitude...

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A dynasty of design: SHH Architects

Generations of architectural elegance applied globally...

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Get Over It! Achieving Freedom by Mastering Emotion

Between stimilus and response lies the opportunity for conscious choice...

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Write Better Words: The Nuts and Bolts

The good stuff is there in your mind - getting it onto paper just takes discipline...

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Escaping the Pursuit of Happiness

It is no shame to seek sanctuary from the vanity-lousy imps of the collective mind...

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Write Better Words: A Step by Step Guide

Turn up at the page (and avoid cliches like that one). How to be a better writer....

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Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

It's not just ink at the Great British Tattoo Show (there's rubber, lace and unguents too)...

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Show Me Your Leprechaun, Mr Reductionist

We know the gods by the living agency of their songs and their unique psychical signatures....

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Building the Spirit: Steyn Studios (Architecture)

Designing the spirit, Steyn Studio set an eye on the eternal ...

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A tattered coat upon a stick, unless…. How to Age Well

Existence is simply meaningless dance of fleetingly animated dust, unless we activate our soul...

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Loitered Lens: Neon Moon Cabaret Club (Burlesque)

The glitter, the glitz, and the Queen of Hearts. Neon Moon interpret their particular private wonderland. Photos...

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Can Transpersons Really Destroy Society?

Who really needs protecting here?...

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The Better Part of Valour. On Leaving the USA (or Anywhere)

Sometimes the best thing to do is up sticks and go...

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Emotion and Reason: Spheron Architects

Great architecture 'takes you to an inner beautiful and peaceful place in the absence of words'...

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Hurry Up and Wait: The Fine Art of the Celebrity Interview

Egos, gaffes, junkets and giggles: dealing with Hollywood's finest is a tricky business...

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Hugh Broughton Architects (Interview)

Great buildings embrace their environment, even in the Antarctic permafrost...

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Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

Beauty's only skin deep, but some tattoos... live forever?...

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We Don’t Need New Politics, We Need New Gods

What deities should be placed before the God of Money?...

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

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

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Woman of Substances (Jenny Valentish)

Addiction isn’t gender neutral, and neither is mental health....

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The Great British Tattoo Show 2017

Challenging conformity and promoting diversity - Ally Pally gets inked...

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