Boris Johnson says we shouldn’t “edit and censor” our past by changing our monuments. He is wrong – monuments are not, like statues in a museum, mementos of the past. They are a dynamic part of a living, evolving social culture. They need to be renewed. This story discusses what monuments mean in our society…
Ever wondered what’s going on in the world, behind the smokescreen of endless COVID19 scare stories? Yes, COVID is a nasty disease, but the mainstream press is covering it to the exclusion of all other news. As context: COVID19 has claimed 37,000 lives in the UK. The 2017/18 winter claimed 49,000 ‘excess deaths’ (additional to…
It’s a bit unreal writing this. I was raised in Rhodesia, a colonial country, during the liberation war. I grew up in Zimbabwe, a liberated country falling into despotism. I have seen a lot of persecution of journalists. But I never believed such persecution could exist (at least not for long) in the UK –…
Opinion by RH 20/05/2020 Dear Friends, The time has come to recognise that this COVID19 disease is less deadly than seasonal flu was only two years ago in the 2017-18 winter. In that season the UK government reported 49,000 ‘excess deaths’ – ie, more than normal. At the time of writing, the government says 36,000…
Video archive from 2008, when Drone Killings started in earnest. Worth watching for the argument that if we don’t kill them first they will kill us. Classic Game Theory from the 1950’s. Its self fulfilling prophesy – so we go kill them first and thieir children gonna come for us for sure. It’s also an…
A commission for Anna
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Even though I’d been there on two previous occasions, there was one place to which I had to return before I finished my brief exploration of the memorials and cemeteries of the western front. In Flanders, near to Dixmuide, north of Ypres, there is a German military cemetery where…
At last – an article that explains how postmodernism relates to neoliberalism … it helps explain the ‘pointlessness’ of contemporary culture… also, this is a link to great alternative news website “Off-Guardian”: https://off-guardian.org/2019/08/11/postmodernism-the-ideological-embellishment-of-neoliberalism/ I’ve chosen to illustrate this story with a portrait of David Bowie, because Bowie is emblematic of our society’s abandonment of the…
AM: Liberation struggle? Really? Which? A economic catastrophe already unfolded in Zimbabwe with power cuts at 15 hours per day? What planet are you living on mate? Have you any idea of the problems Zimbabweans face? Appears not. Please spare us this leftist nonsense. If any of you had any morality you’d go back to the…
4bJuly 2019. Last week, Russian premiere Vladimir Putin said the era of liberalism is over. He’s referring to the global culture which appears to demand everyone can do what whatever they want. There’s a whole lot to unpack there – its about freedom, individualism, the right to make dreams of riches come true. From free…
Europa withy (willow) lantern installed at St Bartholomew’s Church, central Brighton 4 July – 18 July 2019. Please come visit us. https://www.stbartholomewsbrighton.org.uk/findus.htm#Map Europa is the founding myth of the European peoples. It’s the myth of the abduction – or was it an elopement? – of a Phoenician princess, Europa. She lived on the shores of…
(From Spectre of the Real exhibition in April 2019, Brighton) In this two hour workshop you will make a star-shaped lantern out of withy (willow shoots) and tissue. The lantern is similar to those used in lantern parades all over the world, and of course, Brighton’s own Burning the Clocks. The techniques learned can be…
I showed Europa at the Limbo exhibition at SEAS in Brighton’s BMECP centre, during the May 2019 Artists’ Open Houses. Here are a couple of photos (plus one of Europa being promenaded in Brighton’s Pavilion Gardens):
I’m showing in two venues for Artist Open Houses 2019, at YMCA Reed House, and SEAS Limbo. At YMCA Reed House, I’m showing two paintings entitled “Landscape: Summer 2017, Sussex” and “Landscape: Summer 2017, Nineveh” (both pictured below). Venue opening times etc: https://aoh.org.uk/house/may2019/ymca-downslink-group-4/ At SEAS Limbo exhibition, I am showing withy lantern sculpture “Europa” .…
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The Limbo exhibition will take place 4 May – 2 June 2019 at SEAS (Socially Engaged Art Salon). The show will include series of workshops, film screenings and artist talks by the exhibiting artists. It is part of Artists Open House, which takes place during Brighton…
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We are delighted that Spectre of the Real art exhibition has been reviewed by radio Euromernet – listen to the link here, in a radio show which also talks about Calais and includes some cool tunes! https://www.mixcloud.com/radioeuromernet/radio-euro-mernet-english-show-18-april-2019/
The Spectre of the Real is an exhibition of Social Art by a group of 23 artists, held in Brighton 13-21 April 2019 at SEAS Socially Engaged Art Salon. Five artists gave talks, video links are below. The first was given by Russell Honeyman, curator, to open the show. The talk concerns the Real, a…
