Feb 18, 2010 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
The big fear is that as modern life becomes more ‘modern’ and empowering, it actually fragments society into mere isolated individualisms and loses any sense of purpose or order. Attempts to combat this have included: Nationalism, trying to draw people together under...
Feb 17, 2010 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
In the early 80s, when the metallurgical industry in the Lorraine region entered its final crisis, the public powers had the idea to make up for this collapse by creating a European leisure zone, an “intelligent” theme park which could jumpstart the...
Feb 8, 2010 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
The essential thing of those fifteen long years of shopkeeping is Mr Polly, well athwart the counter of his rather ill-lit shop, lost in a book, or rousing himself with a sigh to attend to business. And meanwhile he got little exercise; indigestion grew with him until...
Jan 31, 2010 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
Of course, I did spare a thought for a little boy I’d seen earlier that day. He was kneeling on the other side of the street, sobbing away to himself. On the ground in front of him, a small white dog was lying dead. But I knew he’d soon get over it. After...
Jan 27, 2010 | Lies, Short Stories, Truth & Lies |
Razor Fight You ain’t change much, is you boy?” said Big Nail. C.K. leaned forward over his glass and seemed to consider it very seriously. “Well, I don’t know, they’s some people say I ain’t – then they’s others say I...
Oct 10, 2009 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
Ecology became a way of life and a daily practice for us, although that did not stop us from feeling that what was needed was a completely different civilisation. I’d reached the age where you ask yourself what you’ve done with your life, what you would...