prom 37: con fusion and the rocky horror show
First published , 29th August 2013“When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.” ― David HumeWhen the impresario, Robert Newman invited Sir Henry Wood to conduct the first promenade concerts in London in 1895,…
plenty of nothing — on the price of culture and the value of art
First published, 20th September 2013Damien Hirst once said: “I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it. At the moment if I did certain things people would look at it, consider it and then say ‘f off’. But after a while you can get away with…
metrocalypse apocalypso
First published, 30th December 2013For over ten years Cairo has succeeded in drawing me back. These days I visit from Riyadh in the hope that I might reaffirm that I haven’t died and taken a squat in some weird supernatural pre-sin assessment waiting room. Not yet. I’m going to start by asserting that Cairo is just…
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