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A Grand New Episode

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2009, Back Issues
Sublime: David, your name is associated with actors Sir Ian McKellen and John Thaw, and you have a BAFTA. How did you get into film? David Lascelles: Back in 1969…

Energy Crisis: Science Or Fiction?

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2009, Back Issues

Who would have predicted the world of science-fiction films would prove so prophetic? Our planet is being overrun by machines, and we need people like Arnold Schwarzenegger to save us

Drawing The Line

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2009, Back Issues

Given that so many of our political leaders have been caught with their fingers in the petty cash, now would be a useful time for some prudent action by business leaders. A naive thought, perhaps, given the number of business leaders caught with their fingers in more than the petty cash in recent years. But in these labile times, wise corporate voices are vital if we are to achieve the necessary and related tasks of re-engineering capitalism and arresting the slide towards ecological catastrophe.

Soul Power

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2009, Back Issues
Staged in conjunction with the epic heavyweight title fight ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, the event has since been under-represented, with footage at the time…

Starting Over

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2009, Back Issues

I am the founder of a Swiss bank’s private equity fund, chairman of one of the UK’s fastest-growing private companies, winner of Entrepreneur of the Year awards and an Institute of Directors’ Director of the Month. I am also an anti-capitalist. Or so you would have to conclude, if you listened to the broadcast media’s blanket classification of the G20 summit protestors’ concerns.

Fit For Purpose

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2009, Back Issues

At HemingwayDesign, we have just been working on a graphic device for the London Community Recycling Network. It’s a pretty simple concept: drop the ‘f’ from Refuse and what do you get? Reuse.

A Design For Our Times

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2009, Back Issues

People generally in a frightened or hysterical mood are using everything that they own longer than was their custom before … In the earlier period of prosperity, the American people did not wait until the last possible bit of use had been extracted from every commodity. They replaced old articles with new for reasons of fashion and up-to-dateness. They gave up old homes and old automobiles long before they were worn out, merely because they were obsolete.

First Nation

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2009, Back Issues
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives doesn’t believe in wasting energy – or time. He had not even been sworn into office when he made public that combating the threat…

Birds Eye View

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2009, Back Issues
La RabiaA forerunner of new Argentinian cinema, Albertina Carri presents a dark, powerful story of lust, rage and impossible innocence. With somewhat controversial content, La Rabia tells of the life…