Photography
Last weekend I was running a Photo School Composition Workshop for the first time, meaning I'd been immersing myself in "good" photography and thinking about what that means. On the morning of the class the story about Vanessa Nakate being cropped from a group photo of
Counterculture
Oh, Terry Gilliam. * Terry Gilliam faces backlash after labeling #MeToo a 'witch-hunt' * Terry Gilliam on diversity: 'I tell the world now I'm a black lesbian' You were part of the counter-cultural movement that helped destroy the fusty hegemony of British society by laughing at
Philosophy
I would comfortably say that I'm often searching for meaning in things. This feels like a good thing to do, to not accept face values but to prod and question and figure out what's actually going on. And upon finding meaning I'm happy and
Cinema
With some trepidation I watched the first episode of season two of The Handmaids Tale the other night. The first season had been very good but I'd heard the next was a bit all-out brutal horrorshow and, oddly enough, I didn't find myself needing that of
Birmingham
On a number of Birmingham's traffic islands you'll find these iron clocks painted green. They're total heritage but because they often have no pedestrian access it's tricky to see them up close. While doing a reccy for my Jewellery Quarter walks this