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Palestine and Israel: ‘David and Goliath’ ?

“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants David and Goliath is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). It was painted…

Politics

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Palestine and Israel: ‘David and Goliath’ ?
Palestine and Israel: ‘David and Goliath’ ?
Politics

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Counter Arts

·2 days ago

The Love And Despair Of Life.

A Gift From A God — “There is no love of life without despair of life.” — Albert Camus “Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame.”…

Life

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The Love And Despair Of Life.
The Love And Despair Of Life.
Life

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Counter Arts

·4 days ago

Gun Law Comes To England

Shoot to kill? — So it came as a complete surprise to me that earlier in the week a firearms officer was charged by the Crown Prosecution Service for the alleged murder of Chris Kaba, 24, in Streatham, South London, last year. …

Law

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Gun Law Comes To England
Gun Law Comes To England
Law

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·5 days ago

Banquet At Versailles

King Macron? — “It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.” — Sir David Attenborough I saw a brief video posted on X — formerly known as Twitter — of the Banquet held at Versailles by President Macron for King Charles and…

Equality

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Banquet At Versailles
Banquet At Versailles
Equality

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·Sep 21

‘Foe’ (2018) By Iain Reid

Why The Beetle(s)? — “The privilege of being human is that our brains are big enough to decide the fate of other creatures.” ― Iain Reid, Foe I do not want to spoil the book by giving away too much of the storyline, so I shall try my best to discuss a very strange…

Books

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‘Foe’ (2018) By Iain Reid
‘Foe’ (2018) By Iain Reid
Books

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·Sep 19

A Perversion Of Justice And A Threat To Civil Society

When breaking the law is justified in the public interest — England has for some time now been under attack internally from those who would deny her citizens the long and historic right to both express themselves in protest and/or express themselves in speaking truth to power whether spoken or written and now even your conscience. Legislation has been passed by…

Climate Change

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A Perversion Of Justice And A Threat To Civil Society
A Perversion Of Justice And A Threat To Civil Society
Climate Change

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·Sep 17

When AI Can Create Art Like This Then I Will Concede Equivalence

Guernica by Picasso — “Whereas representation attempts to absorb simulation by interpreting it as a false representation, simulation envelops the whole edifice of representation itself as a simulacrum. Such would be the successive phases of the image: it is the reflection of a profound reality; it masks and denatures a profound reality; it masks the absence of a…

Art

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When AI Can Create Art Like This Then I Will Concede Equivalence
When AI Can Create Art Like This Then I Will Concede Equivalence
Art

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·Sep 15

‘Brighton Rock’ (1938) by Graham Greene: The Damnation Of Pinkie Brown

Mortal Sin, Murder, and No Redemption “Wake up, wake up King in a catholic style With your man With your man make up And your big money business smile Cut ’em up, cut ’em up Crucial to every child With a mind With a mind made up And your main man confidence smile”…

Books

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‘Brighton Rock’ (1938) by Graham Greene: The Damnation Of Pinkie Brown
‘Brighton Rock’ (1938) by Graham Greene: The Damnation Of Pinkie Brown
Books

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·Sep 12

A Painter Of Sinister Things Happening In Our Common Places

Carel Victor Morais Weight (1908–1997) “My art is concerned with such things as anger, love, fear, hate and loneliness, emphasized by the ordinary landscape in which the dramatic scene is set.” — Carel Victor Morlais Weight I was flicking through Twitter yesterday when I came across a tweet from ‘Badger’…

Art

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A Painter Of Sinister Things Happening In Our Common Places
A Painter Of Sinister Things Happening In Our Common Places
Art

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·Sep 11

‘Hannibal’ (2001): A Fatal Attraction?

Dante And Beatrice Revisited In A Modern Gothic Horror Film — “They yearn for what they fear for.” ― Dante Alighieri, Inferno “The devil is not as black as he is painted.” ― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Wherever there is beauty, there is ugliness. There is never one without the other, however, hidden, the other might be. With Hannibal Lecter…

Film

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‘Hannibal’ (2001): A Fatal Attraction?
‘Hannibal’ (2001): A Fatal Attraction?
Film

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