Image: Bob and Roberta Smith The rhetoric this government are using to convince people the arts cuts are needed is that there are more important things right now to be worried about and giving money to than the arts.
In the middle of ‘austerity’ what do people want to stand in front of? A government who slashes public services and the arts – as if they aren’t interlinked – is a government who does not understand the importance of the culture. David Cameron can stand in as many One Direction videos as he …
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Californya 96 is a collaborative effort between two brothers: one contributing music and the other his hi8 (camcorder VHS to you and I) film footage of their family holiday to California in 1996. Cameos by Keith Sweat, Doc Brown’s DeLorean DMC-12, and Californya 96’s legendary little sister.
The Vagenda, an anonymous online magazine, has come a long way from two skint girls getting pissed and reading women’s magazines.
Eric Yahnker’s work merges high and low, pop culture and mythic legend to create amazingly detailed pencil drawn satire.
Fuck off. I’m not your granddad. These young people, they’re only young. Not my fault. Fuck this. Time away. Excuse me, you poisoned my dog. You put poisoned meat out. But the British police won’t do anything about it. Fucking shitbags. I’ve not seen my nephew for years. Are you worried? You look pale. I’m … Continue reading »
Sometimes I wish I had learnt to drive, especially on days like these, days where I notice the stasis of the life I have created. But I could use my bicycle I suppose, although it’s too slow for what I need, and I am too tired to pedal. My legs don’t hold me up like … Continue reading »
Across the ‘developing’ world, one tactic all agree on is the importance of universal education for the alleviation of poverty. In Nepal, after the recent construction of two new schools under the Nepal-India Economic Cooperation Programme, Ambassador Prasad declared that these projects would help Nepali people in their strides towards peace and prosperity. But … Continue reading »
18% of British soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan had PTSD and more die from suicide than combat. A reported 36,000 people have been killed in Syria since March 2011. The UN website is undergoing maintenance and is currently unavailable. Please check back in a short while. By Sam O’Hana Photograph by HsienLoong Lim Continue reading »
Photograph: Nastasia Alberti I aspire to see a world where there is a true choice for all. Not a false choice between working in shit job A or shit job B, not a choice that feeds into a bogus declaration of how a country should feel. I don’t aspire to be a home owner – … Continue reading »
Sunlight spreads like honey On the sweeping dunes. And I a child in summer’s clothing, Know not of mournful tunes. A rush uphill through sand and sky Hear the sea’s voracious cry For human limbs. And I near the ocean clearing Where hearts desires take their form Cloudless throngs Dreams Once forlorn I clutch at … Continue reading »
What do you know of oats, America? Yesterday, you were just a coin in the hands of some seafarer. Continue reading »
