Jan 13, 2013 | Non-Fiction, Travel |
I got a glimpse of two men in dusty robes, their faces hidden by bands of cloth, standing in the road, with rifles held upright, firing into the air. Two things happened then. First, and startlingly, the man crouched beside me – a soldier – lifted his...
Nov 18, 2012 | Featured, Non-Fiction, Videos |
The RSA Animate series is one of the best series of introductions to modern thought leaders, be it in philosophy, economics, sociology, psychology and other fields. In 2009 Slavoj Zizek published First As Tragedy, Then As Farce, the title refers to a phrase attached...
Oct 22, 2012 | Campaigns, Featured, Non-Fiction |
In San Francisco on Sunday October 16, 2011, in an echo of the Occupy Wall Street movement, a man addressed the crowd with an invitation to participate as if it were a happening in the 1960s hippy style: “They are asking us what is our program. We have no...
Aug 16, 2012 | Featured, Non-Fiction |
Bob didn’t seem to be listening. It was as if the crash had made him introspective. He said, almost to himself, “I should never had done all my research in prisons. I should have spent my time inside the Stock Exchange as well.” I looked at Bob....
Jun 17, 2012 | Non-Fiction |
I realize that my mouth is soaked and the tape is no longer firmly attached. I blow, and to my surprise, the left half of the tape flaps away. I can speak if I want to speak. ‘Excuse me,’ I say. My voice is soft, much too quiet. There is no indication he hears me....
Jun 9, 2012 | Campaigns, Non-Fiction |
The #ShellFAIL campaign that Greenpeace and The Yes Men collaboratively launched this week, has been spreading extremely quickly. It’s been at least 6 months since one campaign thoroughly took over the Facebook updates of so many friends, despite being connected...
