A small lesson in the way history smooths the sharper edges and corners of the past is being played out at the Cannes Film Festival with the help of that much-loved father figure of the alternative establishment, Sir Mick Jagger. A soon-to-be released documentary on the making of the Rolling Stones 1971 album Exile… Continue reading Nostalgia tends to conceal hypocrisy
Read moreTo get a sense of the real news, of stories which have not been efficiently shaped and varnished for public consumption by the metropolitan media, it is often a good idea to read local papers. There, the apparently small events of everyday life can contain more real significance and truth than the latest well-spun policy… Continue reading What’s green about cutting recycling?
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