Waste Land
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Long camera shots give a unique perspective of the vast scale of this colourful moving mountain of refuse, and the ant-like industry of the numerous catadores that live off its…
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A Potted History of Vegetables
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If you find these facts food for thought, then read on. With allotments and green spaces never so popular, seasonal and local produce the order of the day and a…
The Great Escape
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In today’s all-too-accessible world, one of the joys of travel is discovering remote and even uncharted territory. But it can come with the bittersweet realisation that by visiting a place…
Microfinance, Mega Future
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Yet more news on the economy – usually gloomy – and how it’s going to affect our day-to-day lives tends to leave us feeling bewildered. But for people in poverty-stricken communities,…
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The Ultimate Remix
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Imagine if all of human culture was represented by a single book, and the maximum size of this book was more or less fixed. Each generation would create their own…
Triple Whammy
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The climate theme has involved a dramatic reversal of belief systems on the threat of global warming. A PR campaign of malign brilliance has remoulded US public opinion to such an extent that not a single Republican candidate in the mid-term elections professed to believe there was anything much to worry about in human enhancement of the greenhouse effect.
Tailored Choices
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Or those of us who see clothes as adornment, rather than an external display of internal thinking, fashion is often dismissed as trivial. However we dress, we make statements about ourselves, whether we want to or not.
Eating By Design
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‘Design means creative thinking,’ says Marije Vogelzang, artist, product designer, sculptor, party organiser and chef. ‘It doesn’t mean material, or even giving shape to something. Giving shape is the…
Miral
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Spanning the period from the birth of the State of Israel in 1948 to the talks of the Oslo Peace Agreement in 1994, the story begins when the narrator asserts,…
