How Utopia shaped the world — link on bbc.com 🔗
Category: Links
Posted on November 26, 2019
Media misrepresentations of the Labour party are being used strategically to create left wing folk devils and moral panic – link from _Politics and Insights_ 🔗
Posted on November 26, 2019
Listening to _Thanks for the Dance_, the album of Leonard Cohen’s final songs. 🎵
>What is immediately striking about _Thanks for the Dance_ is how organic these meticulously constructed songs sound, given that five of them were assembled from the barest musical sketches and four others from lyrics Leonard had recited, but not put to music. It sounds, above all, like a labour of love, and one that is entirely faithful to Cohen’s abiding spirit.
Adam Cohen on Leonard: ‘It was daunting finishing my dad’s last music’ – link 🔗
Posted on November 23, 2019
Doh! How does Homer get on at the British Museum? ★★★★★ — link 🔗
Posted on November 23, 2019
>He may be an anarchist who has voted only once in his life, but the comics legend Alan Moore is calling on his fans to oppose the “rapacious, smirking rightwing parasites” currently in government and join him in voting Labour.
Alan Moore drops anarchism to champion Labour against Tory ‘parasites’ – link 🔗
Posted on November 22, 2019
Off to see Steve Hillage and Gong at The Tramshed, Cardiff tonight. Flying teapots and electric Camembert: the story of Gong, prog’s trippiest band – link 🔗 🎵
Posted on November 21, 2019
Simon Armitage: ‘Nature has come back to the centre of poetry’ — link 🔗
Posted on November 19, 2019
Posted on November 18, 2019
There’s a really good explanation of a Green New Deal for the UK on the _Labour for a Green New Deal_ website, with a number of detailed policy documents packed with information. Also nice to see that the site itself is well designed. The Green New Deal Explained – link 🔗
Posted on November 17, 2019
Helen of Troy: the Greek epics are not just about war – they’re about women — link 🔗