Rally Against Arts Cuts

This was a very soggy but we’ll attended event in the centre of Cardiff with some very passionate & lucid speakers. The references to the money thrown at arts after the war were particularly apt. That really was poverty. I was fascinated by the carrying of a coffin, a common form of protest in 18th … Continue reading →

Punk Music as Metaphor

Some years ago BBC 6 music was at risk of closing due to its small listenership, so a campaign was launched to save it. One night, DJ Gideon Coe played the punk song by Half Man Half Biscuit, Joy Division Oven Gloves, adding that only on 6 music could this oddity be heard. Listeners started … Continue reading →

Teddy Bear Protest

This comes from a few days ago: Two Generals sacked after invasion of teddy bears. Well, you would have to sack them for not preventing such a terrifying event, wouldn’t you? The truth is, of course much stranger. The story is from Belarus, where a pilot from neighbouring Lituhuania evaded their air defences and dropped … Continue reading →