NONFICTION

Essays on history, the arts, economics, philosophy, and politics. Current features and ongoing series.

Arts and Culture

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Blue Velvet - Colour as Story
Arts and Culture
Blue Velvet - Colour as Story
Arts and Culture

I felt the need to write about Lynch, attempting to come to terms with some of the auteur's works and impact. Enjoy some colour theory and analysis, as well as some waxing lyrical.

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Arts and Culture
My Eyes Have Gone Square
Arts and Culture
My Eyes Have Gone Square
Arts and Culture

I've spent so long staring at screens that my eyes have gone square. Rectangular is probably more accurate but that isn't really a phrase.

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Arts and Culture
200 Years Later, Who’s in this Portrait?
Arts and Culture, Investigative
200 Years Later, Who’s in this Portrait?
Arts and Culture, Investigative

Among his portfolio of portraits of kings, queens, and popes, this iconic Sir Thomas Lawrence painting depicts an unlikely pair of women.

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Arts and Culture, Investigative

Politics and Economics

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Generational War
Politics, The Economy
Generational War
Politics, The Economy

Voting for Reform is the same cultural, fear-based voting from our society’s elderly that led to Brexit, why else would a population who lives off of benefits in the form of pensions and requires far more socialised medical care vote for a party which stands for cutting benefits and privatising the NHS?

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Politics, The Economy
Philadelphia’s Famous Festivities
History, Politics
Philadelphia’s Famous Festivities
History, Politics

In the spring of 1778, Philadelphia was an occupied city. After defeats at Brandywine Creek and Germantown in the autumn of 1777, George Washington’s army had retreated to Valley Forge. The Liberty Bell was smuggled out of the city and hidden in a basement in Allentown for fear that it would be melted down to make bullets for the occupation.

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History, Politics
Thames Water
Politics
Thames Water
Politics

Thames Water is about to go bankrupt and it would be a robbery to let the Government sell off our water to the highest bidder once again.

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Politics
The APRoximate Cost of Living
Politics, The Economy
The APRoximate Cost of Living
Politics, The Economy

Debt is inherent to the human experience. We exist within social structure, within societies, and at their most basic levels these relationships are based upon common aid and community.

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Politics, The Economy
State of Violence
Politics
State of Violence
Politics

Multimedia zine on the state of violence in politics

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Politics

New series coming this week: Death and Taxes by FFYO

Economics is an opaque and oft-troubled study. Most popular econ focuses on personal finance or solely offers perspectives within the context of the neoclassical mainstream.

FFYO’s professional experience in tax policy, public finance, and international economics guides this series that focuses on historical and institutional analysis. Suitable for both complete econ-newcomers and those already-versed but looking for new thoughts to chew on.