2024, then. 40 years since PJ Proby’s version of Love Will Tear Us Apart. 35 years since the last prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act. Oh, Manchester… Anyway, Britain having trouble with its creative industries? Forwhy? Well, the biggest problem, I think, is our attitude. Uh-huh. If any creative business out there has an idea…
Another year, another post. Where does the time go? Still, I’ve heard that the creative industries have a big future ahead of them, so that’s one to watch in the coming twelve. Until 2024…
Another year. Will creativity still be doing big numbers in 2022? Well, ‘Unboxed’ (not the Festival of Brexit, oh thou cynic) promises a groundbreaking celebration of all our creativity taking place across the UK Which is nice. Elsewhere in ’22 news, I hope to be supervising a PhD study of ‘The Bluecoat, Liverpool and social…
Time for my annual creative post. Last time, I had written a book. This time, some people have read it. They say: “Much to admire”, “fascinating – if at times uncomfortable”, “useful, if excoriating”, “a pithy overview”, “accessible and fair-minded”. Lovely stuff.
Time for an annual dip of the toe back into the ocean of creativity. Arts Council England’s new strategy, ‘Let’s Create’, emphasises our mutual ‘creative potential’, and hopes for a ‘blossoming of creativity’, noting that ‘creativity is present in all areas of life’ in ‘one of the most creative countries in the world’. That ol’…
“In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” – Andy Warhol, 1968. “In the future everyone will be famous for 15 people…” – Momus, 1991. “It’s not the case that in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. In the future everyone will be famous all the time – but only…
As I persist with creativity, a reminder of the embodiment of cultural appreciation: A woman claims to have undergone a complete “personality transplant” after receiving a new kidney. Cheryl Johnson, 37, says she has changed completely since receiving the organ in May. […] Dostoevsky has become her author of choice since the transplant. Aha.
A list of every question in every Q&A session ever at The Toast: This is more of an observation than a question – in fact it’s not a question at all – in fact it’s less an observation than an open-ended series of unconnected thoughts wrapped in a thin veneer of criticism – I’ve never…
Does high altitude increase suicide rates? In a 2011 study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a group of researchers, including Renshaw, analyzed state suicide rates with respect to gun ownership, population density, poverty, health insurance quality and availability of psychiatric care. Of all the factors, altitude had the strongest link to suicide —…
Google wraps its underwater fiber cables in Kevlar material, at least in part to protect against shark attacks, an official with the company said recently. More here.