Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Institute for Cultural Practices:
Exhibition Review By Jessica Lynn Fowler The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, defines refugee as ‘[persons] fleeing conflict or persecution.’ (The UN Refugee Agency, 2016) An estimated 65 million individuals within the world…

Originally posted on Rainy City Kids:
Nothing quite gets you in the mood for Christmas like a festive light switch-on. The main Manchester Christmas Lights event is being held today (4 November, 7.30pm) in Albert Square and kicks off a bevy…

Originally posted on Nedtegnelser:
https://youtu.be/fmtO07zFDfE Footage from Dušan Makavejev’s 1967 movie Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator. Which reminds me that some friends and I went to see Makavejev’s very artsy Sweet Movie (1974) back in…

Originally posted on Around the Globe:
Photo credit: Shutterstock Genetics is fascinating. It allows us to learn a lot of things about plants and animals that we never would have understood otherwise. Take leaf-cutter ants in the tropical forests of…

Meziesblog A woman who spent a whole day lying in a coffin as funeral rights were observed, has been discovered to have planned the fake death with family and friends so she could experience what it feels like, to be … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Being 42:
Thursday 3rd November 2016, 9.05am (day 1,897) Another shot of Manchester’s slowly developing transport infrastructure — but I’m in Manchester a lot this month, so get used to it. Anyway, I like this one, particularly as…