Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Cannes puts spotlight on global warming
David Puttnam announces return to action at Cannes Film Festival with a film about climate change
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Where’s the most loved garden?
A garden doesn’t have to be big to make a big impression
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The ultimate ride
IN 2010 a young designer unveiled what could be called, literally, the very last thing in theme park development. It was the Euthanasia Coaster which, reaching speeds of 22mph from a drop height of 1,670 ft was guaranteed to wipe out anyone on board. Lithuanian art student Julijonas Urbonas, who had worked at an amusement […]
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The business of loot
Antiquities from the world’s most ancient sites pay for IS atrocities
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KP goes nuts
The London catering chief takes on Zaha Hadid.
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James Brown: The Big Payback
Last November in Augusta, Georgia, thousands of needy people ate a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner – as they do every year – thanks to James Brown. In December, Brown’s daughters handed bags of Christmas presents to over a thousand underprivileged children. Their new academy is helping to secure college scholarships for budding young musicians. Charles Thomson speaks to the Godfather of Soul’s friends and family about their efforts to continue his little-known humanitarian work.
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An Eastern European story
New button!
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Stitched up in Greece: The World’s Most Expensive Museum
The Embroidery Museum on the Greek island of Lefkada must surely be a leading contender for the title of world’s most expensive museum. At present, the honour is held by the Buehrle Museum in Zurich, a collection of mainly French Impressionist and Post Impressionist art, which costs about £18 to visit. At £16, MOMA in […]
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Sunday Morning Music Session, Part One
Here’s a handful of remedies spanning various genres, to extinguish any Sunday morning hangovers – or indeed instigate some play between the sheets if you’re after aural relief of an entirely different sort.
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Union Jacked: New Compilation
As a good friend of mine once said: ‘the hills are alive with the sound of basslines’.
Got any book recommendations?