FLEE: Not escapism, but essential viewing
Danish animated documentary FLEE has been collecting quite a few awards and nominations since its premiere in January 2021. And rightly so, it works both as a wonderful animation and a personal, moving documentary of…
Song&Art: ‘Sunblind’ by Fleet Foxes
After spending so much time indoors, it’s a joy to be outside and see Spring unfold around me.
SSE: the anatomy of feelings
The title track Only Skin of this new album by songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae is a thing of beauty.
Going Green [5]: cheese is heaven, cheese is hell
In the Summer of 2019, after attending barbecue with way too much meat on the grill that can possibly be safe, moral and responsible, I decided to become a vegetarian. I had been eating less…
Going green [4]: Voting with your wallet
It’s a problem environment friendly folks run into frequently. Green companies taking money from companies that aren’t green. Recently,oat drink company Oatly made the news for taking private equity money from an investment firm called…
SSE: a voice of understanding
Only want to get to work, but every morning I’m too sick to drive.Suffering whiteout conditions, forget the mission just get out alive Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers The song Whiteout Conditions is one…
Going Green [2]: Protect, fund, restore
On #FridaysforFuture, Stefan Meeuws publishes a blog on going green. He has recently become a vegetarian, is switching to a greener bank and in general tries to reduce his impact on the environment. This blog…
BBC’s OneCoin podcast “The Missing Cryptoqueen” has it all
A conspiracy, larger than life characters, pyramid schemes, plastic surgery: if you want a podcast that has all the ingredients of a mystery novel and combines with some decent journalism, look no further than The…