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Title: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2019 (read more)
Literature
News
Unknown Shakespeare Records Found
Previously unknown documents concerning William Shakespeare’s father John, discovered in The National Archives, throw new light on his son’s early life and developing political views. (read more)
Art
Artistry in Assembly: Lillianna Pereira
Human experience (including the artist’s) is not necessarily unique (read more)
Features
And Phil Keeps on Falling: Blade Runner 2049
Very yellow and not very mellow. Is Blade Runner really due a reboot? (read more)
Society
Loitered Lens: Trebuchet Print Issue 2 Launch (Structure and Architecture)
Looking for Lola at the club down in old Soho…. Scenes from the launch of Trebuchet’s second print edition (read more)
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Load, Wind, Release! Trebuchet Issue Two Launch
Azimuth calculated, trajectory defined. Trebuchet’s second print issue – launched (read more)
News
Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words
Booty, booby, nitwit and hooter among the words which make us laugh most (read more)
Society
Write Better Words: The Nuts and Bolts
The good stuff is there in your mind – getting it onto paper just takes discipline (read more)
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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 (read more)
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Slavoj Zizek and Will Self In Conversation
Two of the West’s most dangerous thinkers go head to pointy head (read more)
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Where is the Duende? Frack Language, Frack Self
When we frack language, we tear apart the core of self (read more)
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Sci-Fi London: Film, Music, Literature and Canine Cosplay #SFL17
Ten days of sci-fi film, live music, immersive experiences and more (read more)
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Neurocinematic Testing: Will It Make You Scream?
t is always hard to predict the response of a massed audience, and almost impossible to objectively assess creative works. In the present information boom and flourishing ‘attention economy’ era it is a necessity to (read more)
Society
The Ivory Tower, Trump, and the Eclipse of Dignity
If a Trump win came partly as a reaction to ‘the PC brigade’, it has to be said they presented an easy target (read more)
Art
Science & Modern Man, the right (and wrong) way to take Wyndham Lewis.
Lewis looked upon his contemporaries with a measure of scorn, but at least attempted to engage them positively (read more)
News
WHAT Does it Say About Me?! Should Fiction Depict Real People?
When artistic freedom violates somebody’s privacy (read more)
Art
Friends as Enemies and Enemies as Friends…. (Wyndham Lewis)
Despite popular myth, Wyndham Lewis (through sheer stubbornness and inflated ego) actually avoided association with Fascism. (read more)
Art
Wyndham Lewis, Grayson Perry, David Baddiel and Masculinity
With power comes reponsibility, as Wyndham Lewis (and Spiderman) knew well. Art is power, not voyeurism. (read more)
Features
Consumed By Cronenberg
For the Canadian master of body horror, novel-writing is a cut too far (read more)
Sound
Sleep Not Before the Winter’s Gate (Insomnium)
Epic and ambitious melodic death metal from Finland’s Insomnium (read more)
Society
Pop Symbols and Unsettling Icons (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu @ Koko)
On hyper-reality, symbolism, visual constructs and pop music. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at Koko (read more)
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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. (read more)
Features
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. (read more)
News
Don’t Eat the Meatballs? The Real Message of Sweden’s Rök Runestone
New interpretation of the Rök runestone inscription changes view of Viking Age (read more)
Features
Losers, Lawnmowers and The Grave of Jack Kerouac
Hitting the road for the birthday of Jack Kerouac, Scott Laudati wends a weary way to the writer’s graveside (read more)
Society
After the Revolution, Beyond the Randian Superhero.
Should we be grubbing for the favours of the benevolent altruist, or forging a fairer world for all? Essay on the false prophets of philanthropy (read more)
Features
Sure we can, but SHOULD we? Digital Head and the Ethics of Intelligence
Examining the unpredictable and disruptive possibilities contained within new technologies (read more)
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The Man in the Amazon Castle (No Spoilers)
Amazon Prime and Ridley Scott team up to bring Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle to the screen. Trebuchet recommends (read more)
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The Movements of the Idiot: Are We All Ironic Now? (Part Two)
Handling irony is like handling plutonium: you must be careful that the radiation doesn’t kill you, or at least rob you of the ability to make meanings and give force to ideas (read more)
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Of Short Cinema and Semiotics: PoetryFilm
PoetryFilm: image, text and sound techniques in very experimental forms (read more)