In 1920 two chaps called Charles Sheeler (an artist/photographer from Philly) and Paul Strand (a filmaker from New …
I declined the small hagiography offered at the door because I did not want to throw up over the sort of drivel which Hirst is famous, like: “You get cab drivers and stuff who come up to me and they go (sic) “What you do is not art, mate. I’m sure there were people around when they were doing it in the caves, going ‘I like your cave, but I hate that crap …
When I saw a Guardian headline warning the world that Gordon Brown was set to unveil his predictions for 2025, I thought I was reading The Onion. Oddly, yet predictably, it turns out I wasn’t. After all, Gordon’s exactly the kind of guy who thinks that everyone will benefit (if not exactly be entertained by) from his dour yet pragmatically idealistic vision of the world. And what will Gordon’s world look like? Apart from offices around the world being dominated by tyrannical, Scottish micro managers, 2025 will boast “one billion university graduates” who will often eschew the traditional family life in order to live a single life full of rapid career advancement. This ties up with Brown’s media-friendly blueprint for women in the 21st century. He writes of a …
SUNNY Cyprus was once a safe-haven for the English, a place where we felt at home because it was, after all, once ours. Ever since Lord Kitchener came here as...
In this modern age of technology-inspired convenience, it’s difficult to keep track of what’s not yet possible. Here are some completely legitimate examples of such …
In 1967 Philip Norman interviewed JRR Tolkein for the New York Times. Here’s the scoop. It turns out that the author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings was born in South Africa, worked as an altar boy in Birmingham (England) and ended up pals with C.S. …
