Stand For Peace
Stand For Peace
Singin’ in the Rain turns 70 this year and although the reviews were good, no one expected it to become known as a classic. Photo: Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain. Photograph: AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo 15 April 2022 |…
Backstory: Fentanyl is a legal, synthetic opioid, but mixed with street drugs, two grains could mean the difference between life and death Photo: Fentanyl graphic. (DEA/MGN) 04 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Fentanyl is a legal,…
A collection of articles about covering the war from OpenDemocracy, Reporters without Borders and Sky News Photo: March 2022: Journalists cover a Russian attack on Kyiv | (c) Abaca Press / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved (cropped. Full image below)…
Some people are critical of the Lenny Bruce ‘character’ on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and I have to admit that it is a bit odd that the lead character swears like a drunken sailor and the Bruce character is left…
Faces: Kenney Jones | Ronnie Wood |Ian McLagan | Rod Stewart | Ronnie Lane | Say no more The Faces perform in Detroit, Michigan, September 6, 1972. Faces were an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott left…
![Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) [no title] (1975–6) Tate © DACS, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/clippermedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/width-540_UTfDkKC.jpeg?fit=540%2C752&ssl=1)
Psychogeography describes the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals Photo: Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) Tate London 25 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Tate Museum How do different places make us…
We trace the path from actual ‘war correspondents’ to our rather odd, antiseptic, human-interest version of ‘war.’ Photo: Screenshot: Opening Night of Shock and Awe – CNN 16 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News By James Porteous…
The attack on the base in Western Ukraine was not ‘random,’ and it surely must have been considered a likely target Photo: Ukrainian soldiers and American National Guard soldiers last month during a training in the use of American-provided M141…
On 27 September 1968, with the opening of Hair, the curtain fell on centuries of theatre censorship. Photo: 27 September 2018 | Sarah Lee | BBC News On 27 September 1968 the curtain fell on centuries of theatre censorship. Hours…
John Milton was an anarchist, didn’t believe in the Trinity and wrote pamphlets about the merits of divorce, and wrote Paradise Lost “I don’t believe any of you have ever read PARADISE LOST, and you don’t want to. That’s something that…
What on earth were they thinging? A 43-person ‘tour family,’ 22 shows across Europe. Who knows. But thank god they did. Photo: Europe ’72 LP, Warner Bros. Records. Front cover Artwork: Kelley/Mouse Studios. 27 February 2022 | James Porteous |…
A series of articles discussing what some are calling the UK’s “de facto amnesty” for those involved in Troubles-related killings. Northern Secretary says proposals are ‘painful recognition of the reality of where we are’ 2. Proposals characterised as ‘de facto…
