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Boredom Breeds Swivel-Eyed Loons? Existential Ennui and Extremism

10/07/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”B/dropcaporedom, it seems, is a contributing cause to political extremism. Evidently, the smartphone age has had its usual inflationary...

Futurism, Vorticism and the Prescience of H.G. Wells (Part Two)

27/06/2016

150 years after his birth, the influence of H.G. Wells on contemporary art is still being felt....

Saw it Coming. Futurism, Vorticism and the Prescience of H.G. Wells

17/06/2016

On the 150th anniversary of his birth, H.G. Wells continues to inspire. ...

Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

30/05/2016

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

All Wrong: the misguided adventures of an art world hero (Grayson Perry)

26/05/2016

The roving potter lines up his newest quaint exhibits: the northern working classes...

In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

18/05/2016

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

More NHS Weekend Staff Won’t Change Mortality Rates, says The Lancet

11/05/2016

Link between weekend hospital staffing and patient deaths represents 'major oversimplification', say two new studies ...

Debt, Housing, Creative Solutions: Construct the Future at Hoxton Gallery

11/04/2016

Native's Hoxton Gallery show draws attention to the modern debt/housing crisis, but less typically, suggests solutions...

When All is Dark, Have Faith in Night

07/01/2016

By a poetic descent into the underworld, one is confronted with truths that only can be revealed in darkness....

Heretic! Religion and Politics, Causing Mayhem for 2000 Years

26/12/2015

Scientists find: Religion and politics led to social tension and conflict, then and now ...

The Other One Percent. What Refugees Really Cost

19/12/2015

The fiscal impact of refugees in Sweden ...

Republic of London? Cities Outperform Countries

23/11/2015

The economic significance of cities increases while that of countries falls ...

No bad religions, only bad apples: Echoes (Henry Naylor)

19/11/2015

One very socially relevant idea prevails: religion not as the cause of evil, but as the facilitator for evil people to do evil things....

The Death Ray Goes Underground (Comix, S Clay Wilson, Robert Crumb)

13/11/2015

Underground comix gave space to bold and innovative talents who thrived in the ‘anything goes’ atmosphere following the summer of love....

Tonight! Punk, Poetry, Politics: Mike Doughty, Hoxton Underbelly

28/10/2015

Mike Doughty hits the stage at the Underbelly, Hoxton, tonight....

Return of the Little Matchgirl: How Tory Cuts Will Affect Children’s Health

15/10/2015

Poor children will be hit hardest by government welfare cuts, warn experts ...

Power, Protest and Resistance (Molly Crabapple)

27/09/2015

Portrait of Truthful Artist, Illustrator, Broadcaster, Journalist Molly Crabapple. ...

Sex, Slashing and Suffrage: The Rokeby Venus (Diego Velasquez)

19/09/2015

Mary Richardson's ‘vandalism’ of the Rokeby Venus has become part of the story this painting tells, not something which detracts from its beauty. ...

UK Culture is Becoming a Dead Parrot. What do you want? Cash?

31/08/2015

The Warwick report offers sensible guidelines for the future of UK Culture. But will anyone in power heed it?...

A Talent Show Without Talent. X Factor (Part two)

05/08/2015

The society that allowed us to flourish creatively whatever our background or income is in rapid decline. That cannot be right....

Expanding Worlds : Across the Sheer Size of Africa

27/06/2015

Like my wallet, I'm holding cultural currencies with bills from over twenty African nations. ...

Does the Devil Have the Best Tunes?

19/06/2015

Passion at every level, from personal trauma, hit and run thrill and love, to the way the world is moving: its cruelty, its pains and pleasures....

Fewer Handguns, Fewer Handgun Homicides. Proving the Obvious

14/06/2015

Passing a background check in order to purchase a handgun was associated with a 40 percent reduction in firearm-related homicide rate...

Just Laibach and Think of Korea [Laibach]

12/06/2015

Laibach’s Liberation Day Tour will coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Korean peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonization and subsequent division into two enemy states...

Jaz Coleman Spoken Word Tour

06/06/2015

Letters from Cythera...

When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

23/05/2015

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

South Sudan : Towards Redemption, Towards Peace

23/05/2015

They wanted peace, a chance to return to their homes....

Test Dept – DS30 : April 23, Ritzy Picturehouse

03/04/2015

This screening of DS30 is accompanied by a selection of archive material of the group on film and video which will be followed by a Q & A with founding members ...