Enlightenment
May 20, 2020
Time for a new Enlightenment … More Enlightenment
Sticking it to the man
April 28, 2020
Collage, from the French coller ‘to stick’, although an ancient practice is normally associated with the modernist movement of the 1900s, particularly with Braque and Picasso. As such, it also carries the sense of collision, knocking elements together in unlikely juxtaposition. The above work by the collagist Cold War Steve brilliantly conflates the First World … More Sticking it to the man
Ovid-18
April 27, 2020
Just over 2000 years ago, in 18AD one of Rome’s greatest writers, Ovid, died in exile in Romania. This is the last year the UK will be able to rely on Romanian workers to work in our fields, as we exile ourselves from Europe. Not so much a quarantine as a life sentence. … More Ovid-18
Olympic hurdles
March 27, 2020
I have been silent for months as the Brexit tragedy has unfolded, the whole fiasco being driven by self-seeking cynics who have a very contemporary aversion to the truth, which rendered intelligent discourse increasingly unsustainable. The mirthless joke is that those same charlatans are now in charge of the country as it faces its darkest … More Olympic hurdles
Lies, Damn Lies and Specifics
June 9, 2020
Lies, damn lies – from Disraeli to Trump … More Lies, Damn Lies and Specifics
Gunge Ho
May 11, 2020
This is to my mind the best cartoon of the coronavirus saga so far. Martin Rowson’s sharp satirical pen catches the fatuous disjunct between the Tories’ tiresome invocation of military metaphor and the heroes this land was supposed to be fit for, who are now dying by the dozen thanks to the failure to address … More Gunge Ho
The Eagle Has Crash-Landed
April 17, 2020
Rome has always been my central reference point for triangulating where we now stand, or fall, in history. With the ghastly misadventure in Iraq in 2003, George Bush obviously thought of himself as a latterday Caesar, even prematurely celebrating success with the hubristic “Mission Accomplished”, in no doubt unconscious imitation of Caesar’s “veni, vidi, vici”. … More The Eagle Has Crash-Landed
Sleepwalking to Armageddon
September 3, 2019
On 1st September 1939, war was declared. On 1st September 1949 my parents married. On 1st September 2019, I reflected on our demonstration the day before and the linkage. If my father was alive, he would rue the day that saw what he fought for being so casually trashed. I did not expect to enter … More Sleepwalking to Armageddon
Guy Fawkes: Where are you now we need you so?
March 27, 2019
As the callow chumps in Westminster duck and dive, working out how best to game the system in their own selfish interest, the public knows whatever outcome will be bad for the majority. That doesn’t stop the Tories apparently favouring that feckless fool Johnson as a replacement for the intellectually inert incumbent of 10 … More Guy Fawkes: Where are you now we need you so?
Bombs Away
October 25, 2018
No-one should be surprised at the sending of pipe bombs to the Clintons and Obama. This is precisely the kind of activity encouraged by a rogue president who supported the lethal fascists of Charlottesville and attacks on journalists. This White House of certifiable crazies makes nothing impossible. One wouldn’t be surprised if Trump … More Bombs Away
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