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A SUBTLE AND COMPELLING TAKE ON NATURE.

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Annamarie Dzendrowskyj – “Shadows of Perception” 28 March – 21 April 24 The MuseGallery 269 Portobello Road W11 1LRThe natural world is the central subject of the artist’s work and is drawn from imagery fromThe Blue Mountains World Heritage Centre in Australia taken in 2020 a few months afterthe bushfire season. The natural world is cherished and all imagery is about this. TheArtist’s inspiration was based on Junichiro Tanizaki’s “ In Praise of Shadows” – an essaylooking into the interpendence of darkness and light and saying that one cannot existwithout the other. Climate change is also an issue on this … Continue reading A SUBTLE AND COMPELLING TAKE ON NATURE.

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Look East to understand first world war

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 Nick Lloyd professor of modern warfare at King’s College, London, tells the story for the first time of what Winston Churchill once called the “unknown war”: the vast conflict in Eastern Europe and the Balkans that brought about the collapse of three empires. Although much has been written about the fighting in France and Belgium, The Eastern Front was no less bloody. Between 1914 and 1917, huge numbers of people- perhaps as many as 16 million soldiers and two million civilians were killed, wounded or maimed in enormous battles that sometimes range across a front of 100km in length.  Lloyd … Continue reading Look East to understand first world war

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The Secret of aging

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All of us would like to live longer, or to slow the debilitating effects of age. Coleen Murphy, a leading scholar of aging,  show how recent research on longevity and aging may be bringing us closer to this goal. She explains that the study of model systems, particularly simple invertebrate animals, combined with breakthroughs in genomic methods have allowed scientist to probe into molecular mechanisms of longevity and aging. Understanding the fundamental biological rules that govern aging in model systems provide clues about how we  might slow human aging, which could lead in turn to new therapeutics and treatments for … Continue reading The Secret of aging

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You can destroy by cynicism and disillusion better than by bombs

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Indian born Fareed Zakaria, who claim to be America’s best-known tutor on world events, quotes from Civilisation, the classic 1960s BBC series narrated by Kenneth Clark, an art historian.“It is lack of confidence, more than anything else, that kills a civilisation. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.” Kenneth Clark said. Age of Revolutions chronicles ceaseless action and reaction , progress and backlash, that has been endemic to the modern age. Zakaria  dates the birth of the liberal nation state to the 16th-century Netherlands, which is where  his book begins. He ends after … Continue reading You can destroy by cynicism and disillusion better than by bombs

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How can you be American and Vietnamese, “both the killer and the person being killed”?

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An unconventional memoir with insight, humor, formal invention and lyricism by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen in A Man of Two Faces, rewinds the film of his own life wrestling with dual identity, entwining his family experience with racism, refugeehood and colonisation and ideas of Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. At the age of four, Nguyen and his family are forced to flee his hometown of Ban Me Thu?t and come to … Continue reading How can you be American and Vietnamese, “both the killer and the person being killed”?

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£100m of public funds spent to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters with false evidence

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A draft report reveals that the Post Office spent £100m  fighting sub-postmasters in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. The Post Office was shown evidence by 2017 that losses could be due to errors in the Horizon IT system or remote tampering, but kept arguing in the Bates Vs Post Office Ltd case that theft or mistakes by sub-postmasters must be to blame. Patrick Green RC, the lead barrister for the sub-postmasters in the Bates case, said these finding were “absolutely shocking and don’t think the case should have happened. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were … Continue reading £100m of public funds spent to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters with false evidence

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Author whitewashed from history of colonialism and its aftermath

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A gripping literary mystery which unravels the fascinating life of a maligned Black author, based on Yamboi Ouologuem. In 2018, Diegane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris discovers a legendary book. In 1938, a novel called Labyrinth of Inhumanity ws praised as “the masterpiece of a young African Negro, but due to some obscure scandal, the book disappeared without a trace along with its author, who was TC Elimane. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the “Black Rimbad” the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery Diegane decides to search for TC … Continue reading Author whitewashed from history of colonialism and its aftermath

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Baltimore Key Bridge collapses

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Baltimore Key Bridge in Baltimore, US collapsed into Patapsco river after being hit by a container ship which left  from a terminal at Port Breeze on route to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Seven people and several vehicles have fallen into the river, and according to the Baltimore City fire department, a Singapore-flagged Dali Container ship, 300m long hit a column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at 01:30ET (05:30GMT). No causalities have been reported and there is now a large multi-agency rescue and recovery operation underway. Two bodies were recovered and four others are missing. Continue reading Baltimore Key Bridge collapses

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KFC, Leytonstone, Immense risk to public health

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KFC, Leytonstone, food prepared in areas of poor levels of hygiene, Immense risk to public health Waltham Forest Council environmental health officers discovered “ obvious signs of rodent and droppings at a premises of a KFC branch in High Road, Leytonstone. The east London branch has been fined nearly £25, 000 after rats overran its kitchen, forcing the restaurant to be shut down due to an “immense risk to Public health’. They added the KFC outlet had “very poor lees of hygiene where the food was prepared and cooked in August 2022. Gnawed bags of flour were in a storeroom, … Continue reading KFC, Leytonstone, Immense risk to public health

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Trump wins last-minute reprieve

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Former US President Donald Trump was handed a last-minute reprieve in court on Monday, when a New York Court allowed him to past a reduced bond of $175m to delay enforcement of a $464m fraud penalty, after his lawyers argued it would be impossible to secure a bond for the full amount, If he posts the bond of $175m within 10 days, his assists will be protected while he continues his appeal. “I greatly respect the decision. We will abide by the decision,, and post either a bond, equivalent securities, or cash” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Trump was found liable … Continue reading Trump wins last-minute reprieve