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Hope and Myth in Mitch Griffiths’ Immortal

28/04/2022

A review of Mitch Griffiths IMMORTAL exhibition at Halcyon Gallery...

Timothy Taylor Gallery Presents its Annual Group Exhibition “IRL (In Real Life)”

04/07/2021

The exhibition will include paintings, sculpture and textile-works by twelve early career artists whose practices explore social and sensory experiences...

Embodying Art

16/07/2020

What is female identity in 2020? Multidisciplinary artist, Sofia Cianciulli, reconnects with her own sense of self and femininity through her practice....

Always-On, All-the-Time: COVID in the World of 24/7 News

01/07/2020

Two decades into a fundamentally new media environment, we’re still discovering the impact of the Internet on the information we consume — COVID-19 exposes some of the damage done....

Mythological Entropy

02/10/2018

Mothmeister: Revelations behind the mask...

New Puritans, Pearlclutchers and Inquisition by Tweet

07/12/2017

Puritans, religious zealots, and demagogues call for protection. Who protects us from them?...

Write Better Words: The Nuts and Bolts

27/07/2017

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

Escaping the Pursuit of Happiness

24/07/2017

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

Show Me Your Leprechaun, Mr Reductionist

18/07/2017

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

Speak. Or Forever Hold Your Peace?

05/05/2017

Constant communication communicates nothing. Would it help to stop and think?...

Shake, not Spin: How To Interpret Political Debates

25/04/2017

Post-Trump, Post-Brexit, we now know that there's a trick to interpreting political debate. ...

Donald’s Big State Visit. 1.8 Million Voices Ignored

15/02/2017

Even Neville Chamberlain stopped short of inviting fascists for state visits....

Be As Vile as You Want to Be (Man and the Echo, Lexington)

04/09/2016

Trebuchet reports on Man and the Echo at the Lexinton, and finds no need to be vile...

Old People are Dying, Pass me my Phone!

22/04/2016

A culture of shared and retweeted grief stinks of narcissism, not compassion....

Your Band is Awesome Live, So Ban the YouTube Fan Footage

08/03/2016

Well-meaning YouTubers could be wrecking your band's reputation. Maybe it's time to take control. Essay...

Death in the Afternoon : Political Slaughter in Spain

28/05/2015

Personal charisma, rockstar presentation and the common touch may indeed be a successful formula for political power....

Forgiving Jeremy Clarkson: Forgiving Ourselves. [Top Gear]

22/04/2015

The culture wars have become so divisive, even the organisation that tolerated Jimmy Savile is obliged now to take sides....

Are Social Media Values Human Values?

04/12/2012

None of the values promoted by a social-media-dominated world are helpful with depth-oriented, long-term thinking...

Twitter Storms

21/08/2012

It’s dangerous, people are not who they seem on the internet. Inside those twitter storms (I’ve had a few) there are usually one or two who hang around for a week or so, its easy to pick up...