What is it to be original in this day and age? It is something we are striving to do with the Zahir, but is originality even an option within our society any more? Creativity, Jas Tarmey wonders, might be finite.
Features
Translation
June 26, 2011
The death of the classics has been predicted in the British education system for some time. So why have we not done anything to prove that it’s is closer to our reality than most people realise?
Salt
June 26, 2011
Religion’s place within media reflects its movement within our culture, and it has been a source of great debate. Once a pillar which supported society, faith has moved (or been forced) onto the periphery. Religion, which once created boundaries for artistic work, was actively pushed and criticised. The movement of religion from a universally-accepted truth to [...]
Christian Drury and Growing Green?
March 11, 2011
One of the highlights of the 2010 General Election, often missed by commentators obsessed by a hung parliaments and new potential coalitions, was the election of Caroline Lucas. In the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, they voted for the first Green MP in British history. For any small party an MP is a huge step, allowing [...]
Lizzie Dearden’s Climate of Suspicion
March 11, 2011
In the wake of The Guardian’s exposé of PC Mark Kennedy, who lived as ‘Mark Stone’ for six years while spying on environmental activists, the policing of environmentalist groups has come under scrutiny. After infiltrating the movement at Earth First in 2003, Kennedy embedded himself in a group of activists and joined protests across Europe. [...]
David Fraser Clarke’s Sea Change or Climate Change
March 11, 2011
I like to think of our battle against climate change as like that of a recovering alcoholic. Often well intentioned, we know the dangers of doing nothing. When the circumstances are right, we make huge strides forward and success seems possible, but we can’t help but fall off the wagon the moment things get tough. [...]
Zahir 6.1
December 9, 2010
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Urban Kenya? – Rachel Knighton
June 18, 2010
Rachel Knighton speaks from personal experience I remember sitting in a geography class, several years ago, learning about urbanisation. The textbook in front of me told of the rise in migration from rural to urban areas, as people flocked to the city in search of a higher income for their families. The case study was [...]
“All my people, man, my father, my uncles, it’s just what we do” – Alexandra Reynolds
June 18, 2010
Alexandra Reynolds questions how gender is hardwired to urbanity. Accelerated urbanisation has inevitably brought with it a rapid growth of urban poverty; a poverty produced not only by poor provision for housing, health services and education, but from socially conditioned constructs of equality, gender identity and criminal activity. The recently fevered support for David Simon’s [...]
Freedom or Death? – Peter Hagen
March 12, 2010
As the balance of power shifts, Peter Hagen cautions against rash action on Iran. The ruling elites of Iran are remitting power like shit remits a blanket. The good news is that there is no prospect of democracy, and the strong chance of an emerging military dictatorship. Consider facts rather than emotion. In the months [...]
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