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24
Apr
Apr
Knee Deep in Textile Waste
“I just had an idea that over the course of the past few
years has struck a cord, a creative design solution to an
environmental challenge. Each time someone wears A From
Somewhere piece, or each student that discovers upcycling,
and each person that...
07
Jan
Jan
Scanner's Guide to the Joy of Sound
Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) is an experimental musician and
artist of international renown whose collaborators include
Laurie Anderson and Steve McQueen. Here he gives an
illustrated listening and watching guide to enhancing the
pleasure we get from the sound that surrounds us.
The joy of sound...
29
Nov
Nov
How To Be A Successful Optimist: Principle No.2
The philosopher Daniel Dennett says that one of the
occupational hazards of being a philosopher is that you get
asked difficult questions at parties. Being solicited over
drinks for free consultancy is, of course, commonplace. If
you’re a doctor you’ll be asked to pass...
20
Nov
Nov
How to be a Successful Optimist: Principle No.1
All successful optimists, unsurprisingly, have an unashamed
optimism of ambition about our future. To clarify, this is
not simple wishful thinking that things will work out
alright in the end, it’s optimism specifically tied to a
goal – and a conviction that that goal...
26
Jul
Jul
Mark Earls In Praise of Copying
There are few things we value today quite as much as
originality: we treasure original voices, unique visions and
unmistakable authenticity in the art and culture we consume;
we seek people and products and companies and places which
are like no other (that little...
14
Jun
Jun
Nick Southgate on The Elusiveness of Cool
People find cool elusive because when they go in search of
cool they often go in search of the wrong thing.
Why is it so easy to go in search of the wrong thing?
There are two reasons. First, cool is highly contextual.
What...
11
Jun
Jun
Paul Watson on The English Penchant for Sporting Failure
In 2009 I travelled to the tiny island of Pohnpei in the
Federated States of Micronesia to fulfill my lifelong
ambition of coaching a national football team.
The reason I chose Pohnpei was simple: they were
semi-officially the worst football team on the planet. They
had...
07
Jun
Jun
Elke Lahousse on the Rise of Amateurism
TV chefs teach us how to cook better. Cutting edge sports
equipment makes us run faster. And with a combination of the
words 'how to' and an internet connection, you can learn
pretty much everything. The amateur is getting more
professional. But are we...
01
Jun
Jun
Hugo Whately reviews How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff
Each of us is always changing the world in some way or other
all the time. So John-Paul Flintoff starts out his answer to
‘how to change the world’ with a theory of history.
Where Carlyle saw history as the work of great...
31
May
May
Zoe Langdell reports on An Adventure in Good Taste
I know my favourite places to eat, drink and shop for any
eating occasion, any Londoner worth their salt (Maldon, of
course) knows that we have available a plethora of
ever-evolving worldwide cuisine choices, suitable for all
palates and pockets. So what could An...
28
May
May
Nick Southgate reviews How to Thrive in the Digital Age by Tom Chatfield
Although one might dispute that societies have always
progressed, they have certainly always changed. The Digital
Age brings changes to our society on a daily basis. The
speed and extent of this change seem to divide commentators
into two camps. There are those that...
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