Telling It Like It Is: Technology

Technology is increasingly manipulating our minds. What we think we want might not be what we actually need. And this is making us sick. So, what can we do about it? Take a look or listen to the podcast with my guest, Ian Douglas.

Imagining the future

In summer 2019, I was on panels discussing Decolonising Culture (Royal Academy) and Reimagining Britain (Queen Mary, University of London). Many themes ran across both these experiences, foremost among them: Each of us has a story, often more than one. Our life experiences, origins, cultural imprints and conflicts, stories of migration (whether from Grimsby, orContinue reading “Imagining the future”

PUPPETS, FEMINISM AND MUSIC …

The vocal is a sample from Blossom Dearie’s ‘It Amazes Me’ recorded in 1958.   Reinterpreted here by Les Balayeurs du Desert it assumes a feminist stance, never more so that when seen with this amazing video.   Think of the compromises we often make so as not to ‘offend’ others, and the analogy with puppetry isContinue reading “PUPPETS, FEMINISM AND MUSIC …”