The Meat Crisis
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In the next fifty years, at the current rate of consumption, a doubling of meat and milk production is predicted, with the slaughter of animals annually forecast to rise from…
Art & Culture
Sitting Comfortably
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Helen Punton and Matthew Butler created the Zaishu project to unite design, creativity, culture and sustainability into a socially active event. It has involved people of all ages and backgrounds,…
Flawed Is Beautiful
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A museum is already holding a retrospective of her work, which looks set to be regarded as one of the most important female designers of her generation, Hella Jongerius has…
Music Review 25
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Marianne Faithfull,Horses And High Heels (Naive)The first thing that can be said with certainty about this, Marianne Faithfull’s 23d album, is that it won’t be easily overlooked in the shops…
Music Review 24
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Brian Eno, Small Craft on a Milk Sea (Warp)In the unpredictable course of his career, Brian Eno as a producer guided Talking Heads, David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay out of…
The Wisdom of Bees
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The result is a fairly likeable anecdotal book split into 25 chapters, or ‘lessons’, with a sprinkling of fascinating information. (Did you know that bees have an inbuilt version of…
The Atlas of Human Migration
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The Atlas of Human Migration, a collaborative effort by five authors at the University of Sussex, is a very useful fact-based exploration of the same theme. Using extensive full-colour atlas…
Beautiful Darkness
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After turning 16, Lena has to choose between the light and the dark forces that operate through her. The terrifying consequences of her choice are a blight to her mortal…
Life Lessons
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Femi Kuti’s father, Fela Kuti, was a one-man action group to rid Africa, and specifically Nigeria, of corruption, hypocrisy and poverty. His weapon was music, a richly layered fusion of…
