Tag: Arts
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The Trap
Last Sunday saw the start of a 3 part documentary series called ‘The Trap‘. It is by Adam Curtis, the guy who brought us the award-winning ‘The Power of Nightmares – The Rise of the Politics of Fear.’ The Trap is very much in the same style – wonderful archive footage and superbly scripted voiceover.…
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Saga | Photos
Saga has just started Flickring. Some wonderful shots. Cheer your eyes up with a lazy browse… Technorati: Glass | V & A | Saga Arpino
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Damien Hirst | New Religion
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A unique chance to catch Hirst’s ‘New Religion’ works for free, and in the amazing setting of the church of All Hallows on the Wall. “There are four important things in life: religion, love, art and science. People tend to think of religion and science as two very separate things, one cold and clinical, the…
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Comic Relief | It’s [not] All For Charity
Some time ago I wrote a piece on Art vs Justice, which threw about some arguments as to whether art is ethical when people are still dying of hunger. More recently some discussion around that issue came up over on Jonny’s blog as to whether art is ‘vital’ in itself or not. Tonight my niece…
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Giggs Gets 700
I just had to take a quick break from paternal matters to give a heads up to a truly amazing event. I doubt you’ll read this over at Emerging Chelski or ProtestScousers, but today Ryan Giggs makes his 700th appearance for Manchester United. He made his full debut – check this out – 16 years…
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Middle Class, White Reactionaries | Theatre and the Emerging Church
There was a superb interview with Edward Albee tonight on the radio which is well worth a download (for this week at least). Superb not for fluid questioning and erudite follow ups, but for genuine engagement. A couple of weeks ago I gave a school assembly on ‘how to write a book’ (small pond, education,…