Category Archives: Politics

THIS IS WHAT WE DO

  Brilliant interview with Vanessa Beeley, the only journalist to be trusted on Syria.    I used to visit the souks of Syria buying kelims, and I fell in love with the country, as I fell in love with Serbia … Continue reading

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Love, Industry and War

Love, Industry and War A silent slideshow, drawn with the eyes closed. Part of the LIW Project: a revisiting of a myth: Venus, Vulcan her husband and Mars, her lover. Vulcan trapped them in flagrente – in a golden net.

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Life

The tavern had a large parlour located at the back of the building, while the tavern itself was located about five miles away from the border. This parlour was where the life class Pavel was teaching took place. At the … Continue reading

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NATO

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War in Images, Literature and Slideshow

Much art concerns experience. What we know. But at the same time we need to express what we feel about what we hear about, or see on our screens, the hyper-real. So although we may often be advised to “write … Continue reading

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Imitative Israel

Luciano Borzo Zios want to erase all trace of Palestinian identity . Ironically , they must admire them otherwise why steal EVERYTHING from them from the garments, koffiye to the food …pretty soon it will be the dabke dance too … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Constitutional Monarchies

New essay in The Fortnightly Review.

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Poetry of Protest

  Anthony Howell says: UPDATE – Unfortunately I have come down with a really horrible flu, so I have had to cancel my reading tonight. But please go and support the other readers on my behalf.   I am glad … Continue reading

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TIGER TOPIA – for Julian Assange

x Marry your lover too soon after your husband has passed away And you could die of tiger fright. They have these unfathomable eyes. Their lean stripes, imagine them. How they slide between Poles. Shaman-masked, marked with ancient writing. x … Continue reading

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Conflict with the Eyes Closed

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