Life on the run with no identity

Hyeonseo Lee, a child growing up in North Korea. was one of the millions trapped by the world’s most secretive and brutal communist regime.  From the indoctrination she received in Kindergarden to her forced service in the Socialist Youth League at age of fourteen, the state controlled ever aspect of her life. As the great famine…

Michael Henley – The Muse Gallery

The Muse Gallery – 2-15 December – “Descended” by Michael Henley. An epic look at life on the planet “and afterwards….” Henley, who studied art at Lincoln,  draws from the Vanitas Movement and classic Baroque Painting to enchant and confuse us with this set of mesmerising artworks – most of which are 3D involving backlighting…

Wheelchair on track delays trains

SouthWest train from London Victoria to Croydon hit a wheelchair which fell on the track at Battersea Park station. All trains between London Victoria and Clapham Junction  on 1st December 2021, at 9:55am. Luckily nobody was injured.

Dorsey resigns from Twitter

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, stepped down, as CEO on Monday, replaced by chief technology officer Parag Agrawal as his successor. Dorsey. 45, said the company was “ready to move on from its founder” and in an email to staff he said he had a “bone deep” trust in Agrawal, who joined Twitter 10…

Conspiracy Theory

   “Theory” into “Practice” makes the world shake on its axis. Does anybody out there give a damn? Does anybody out there actually care? Is this “paranoia” regarded as just a sham? And that I will say what I think.  Yes I dare! “Conspiracy theories” are two most welcome words Yes – those who are…

Pre-Inca mummy found in Peru

Archaeologists at a funerary structure east of Lima in Peru found a mummy which could be up to 1, 200 years old, pre-Inca period. The underground structure where the mummy was found and offerings which were excavated with it. The mummy’s body was tied up by ropes and the hands were covering the face, which…

Emotional verocity of the pandemic

  Sarah Moss’s The Fell, gripping and funny, in which actor Emma Lowndes gives voice to four characters Kate, a woman quarantining in her Peak District house, wide open space tantalisingly close, her teenage son, Matt, their older neighbour, Alice, balancing loneliness with her need to shield herself, and the mountain rescuer dispatched when disaster…

Mali’s Santa Christmas Card Exhibition 1994 – 2021

Mali’s Santa Christmas Card Exhibition 1994 – 2021 in Ealing Now! Where? At the Grapevine Bar, The Questors Theatre, 12 Mattock Lane, Ealing W5 5RQ. When? 22 Nov – 8 Dec 2021 Mon to Sat 7.00 pm to 10.30 pm. Sun evening – closed. How Much? Completely free though you may like to buy a…

London was built for business

London’s Zenith was the era of Georgian town squares, during 1700-1800, an imperial city which finds itself at the centre of world’s trade, empire, finance and manufacture. Andrew Saint, an architectural historian, conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was at the height of its power, uniqueness and…