Writing and Publishing
To believe or not to believe
"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors," philosophized Thomas Huxley. But the distinguished English biologist’s argument, however…
Black History Month
Great Britain has a unique, dynamic culture that gets its life from the rich mix of people who live here.…
You Can Wake Me Up Now
Green Day’s album American Idiot will be remembered as one of the great post-millennial testaments of resistance. It captures the…
The poetry of spam
The phenomenon began with the success of spam filters – programs designed to pick out emails with certain phrases and…
Artistic identity in an age of terror
Post 9/11 do Arab-American artists have to pick a side or can they use their heritage to inform new bodies…
Smorgasbord for the senses
As the place where the spinning jenny and the computer were invented, Manchester is often touted as the world’s first…
AIDS Awareness: A Dying Artform?
The start of the new millennium sees the AIDS pandemic enter its third decade. Tragically, the number of new infections…
The Art of Memory
It’s been five years since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, where nearly 3,000…
A 'Design Tsar' for London?
Britain’s urban design has been a hot topic since architect Lord Rogers chaired a report in 1999 that concluded British…
Cause for alarmism?
Do powerful new measures introduced into British law with the Terrorism Act 2006, ostensibly to help the police and law…