ARTS & CULTURE View More
Vesper – A Dark Science Fiction Fairytale
Once upon a time, after the bio-apocalypse, a gifted little girl – who dreamed of being a bio-technician – lived in a cabin in the…
Archipelago: Visions in Orbit Exhibition
Curated by 14 students from the MA Curating Art and Public Programmes course (a collaboration between Whitechapel Gallery and London South Bank University), the Archipelago…
Peter Kennard – Archive of Dissent
“My art erupts from outrage at the fact that the search for financial profit rules every nook and cranny of our society. Profit masks poverty,…
POLITICS View More
Feed the People
Since 2020 Peckham Pantry has provided cheap but healthy food to people on low incomes The vision was to trial and test a new way…
The Crash of 2024
Is the convergence of multiple financial storms going to produce an economic crisis? The modern Imperial system has been undergoing a severe buffeting: Ukraine and…
Private Islands and Corporate States
Let’s say you had a civil dispute with someone over money. Eventually you have to take them to public court and a legal system with…
2023 – The Tipping Point for the US Empire?
Suez: 1956, the French and British attempt to seize the Suez Canal. The United States says, no. The two ailing empires back down, and they…
Casino – A Metaphor for the Corruption of the USA?
Nicholas Pileggi’s book Casino, later made into a powerful film by Martin Scorsese, seems on re-reading to be a metaphor for the corruption of the…
LIVING View More
Feed the People
Since 2020 Peckham Pantry has provided cheap but healthy food to people on low incomes The vision was to trial and test a new way…
Long Covid – A Hard Road to Recovery for Some
While I was on holiday in Wales in August I came down with Covid and tested positive. I had 5 days of fairly unpleasant flu-like…
Sauna – Age-old Revitalisation from Heat
Recent evidence shows that saunas can reduce cardiovascular disease mortality by 27%. This is the startling finding from medical research in Finland. Saunas go back…
Ubermuffins – The 600lb Gorilla of Breakfast Foods
I take quite a lot of vitamins and other nutrients, insoluble fibre, MCT and omega 3-6s oils, CoQ10. Some can be taken as pills, some…
SIREN CALLS View More
Shadow Banking, BlackRock, and the Looming Debt Crisis
Shadow banking, a term used to describe non-traditional financial institutions that perform bank-like functions outside the regulated banking system, has been growing exponentially in recent…
Apocalypse Now: Climate Change Emissions Comparable to Catastrophic Asteroid Strikes
Understanding the true scale of the climate crisis can be difficult, but a groundbreaking study offers a striking comparison: the mass of human-produced greenhouse gases…
How Trump’s Election Could Signal the End of Crypto Winter and a New Bull Run
The cryptocurrency market, long in the grips of a “crypto winter,” may have found its catalyst for revival: Donald Trump’s re-election. Known for his pro-business…
We will Stick it with Glue, Glue, Glue!
(From British children’s TV show Bagpuss: The Mending Song) They call me Mr. Glue. For around 18 months, I have been fixing things along with…
The Rise of the Robots
Robot means “drudge” in Czech: the term comes from Karel Čapek’s 1920 SF play: RUR, which foresaw the rise of machines replacing humans. Robotic technology…