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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: Part 1 of 7
In which we set out a potted portrait of Walter Benjamin and his ideas.
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The Atmosphere Keeps Score
Do you get wound up by those who would reject the imperative for us to transition to a clean energy world? Who see the short term costs and sacrifices as more damaging than the long term catastrophic impacts? Here’s some arguments to help.
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A History of British Architecture: Roman Britain 43AD to 410AD
A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 2 Roma Britain.
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A History of British Architecture: Prehistoric Britain c.3800 BCE to 43 AD
A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 1 Prehistoric Britain.
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What is art? … according to me and my new mate Claude
17th April 2026 Preamble It’s been a few years since I took this blog seriously. It started as a way of recording and illuminating my own cultural life. Following quasi retirement and concomitant dormancy. It branched out a bit. But it all got a bit much to maintain. And Covid…
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The Line and the Circle
Two formal languages run through the whole of British architectural history, and the tension between them is the engine of everything worth discussing.
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Medea @sohoplace theatre review *****
Medea @sohoplace, 17thh March 2023 April 431 BCE. Day 5. City Dionysia. Athens. Aeschylus’s boy Euphorion has already paraded his dramatic wares as has arch-rival (and more successful) Sophocles. Euripides rocks up with his 3 tragedies, Dictys (no, me neither), Philoctetes (misanthropic soldier, later a winning tale for Sophocles) and,…
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