Michael Bartholomew-Biggs tackles a difficult read which attempts to bring home some human realities of street violence in London
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by Carla Scarano • society, travel, year 2019 • Tags: Carla Scarano, society, travel •
During my last week in Calgary I still had to do some shopping, visit the Glenbow museum, the Zoo and Lougheed house, a villa belonging to a rich Métis family.
by Carla Scarano • society, travel, year 2019 • Tags: Carla Scarano, society, travel •
I visited two places out of Calgary: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Banff, thanks to my friend Pam who drove me there and toured me around.
by Carla Scarano • society, travel, year 2019 • Tags: Carla Scarano, society, travel •
On 1st July, Canada Day, I was up and ready since early morning wearing a red T-shirt and red cowboy hat.
by Carla Scarano • art, poetry, society, travel, year 2019 • Tags: Carla Scarano, poetry, society, travel •
One of the main aims of visiting Canada was to develop my research on Margaret Atwood. The New Central library in Calgary, which opened in 2018, provided me with all the facilities I needed.Â
by Jane McChrystal • history, society, year 2019 • Tags: history, Jane McChrystal, society •
East India Dock Road, site of Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest forms part of the A13, which links Aldgate in the City of London to Shoeburyness, forty miles away on the shore of the North Sea – so, not the most obvious place to build a refuge for seafarers.
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, ecology, economics, exhibitions, installations, society, year 2018 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, ecology, exhibitions, installations, society •
One million plastic bottles are bought every minute and most of them are not recycled. It’s a stark reality Claire Davenport and Grioghair McCord were moved to explore after a trip to a Shetland beach littered with plastic bottles.
by Carla Scarano • architecture, art, design, drawing, exhibitions, fashion, festivals, food, history, installations, painting, poetry, sculpture, society, travel, year 2019 • Tags: architecture, art, Carla Scarano, design, drawing, exhibitions, fashion, festivals, food, installations, painting, poetry, sculpture, society, travel •
Tokyo: a bridge between tradition and modernity, by Carla Scarano D’Antonio. Compared to Kyoto, Tokyo is bigger, busier and cosmopolitan. My friend Ornella and I had plenty of time by ourselves as my daughter was busy with her course at the Bunka Gakuen University where she is attending a Master in Fashion and Design.
by Carla Scarano • society, travel, year 2019 • Tags: Carla Scarano, society, travel •
Kyoto was a revelation. I started to get a taste of Japan, its understated, silent and impeccable organisation and the ancestral and modern quality of Japanese culture.
by Jane McChrystal • history, politics, society, year 2019 • Tags: history, Jane McChrystal, politics, society • 0 Comments
At the end of part one of this article, we saw the arrival of Nellie Cressall on the Isle of Dogs.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, literature, politics, society, year 2019 • Tags: art, literature, Michael Crowley, politics, society • 0 Comments
Social Solidarity and the Arts in Woke Times: Michael Crowley advocates against an ever-increasing subdivision of the arts into racial, age-related or gender groups for a similar audience