Art and Alzheimer's
Urban Times and GV Art gallery have come together in a momentous collaboration set to explore the tale of scientific traumas via art. GV Art is a contemporary art gallery, in the heart of London, which aims to explore and acknowledge the inter-relationship between »
Image of the Week: Unseen India
In Pondicherry, an old French colonial city in Tamil Nadu, this man took us around the city on his bike. In Thanjavur, we went to the daily market, which was filled with strong smells and vibrant colours. I asked this woman to pose for me as I thought she »
Success and The Single Mom
Most recently, I wrote a piece about one woman's personal experience working to get herself out of poverty, as well as enabling others to do the same. Through my research, I've come to wonder what makes women so resilient, so courageous, and so driven to succeed, and »
Fracking: The Wrong Kind Of Enterprise
There are individuals among us that rise every now and then to speak of a noble idea and get everyone to sacrifice a little of their present well-being for the sake of a better future. Some are great leaders and »
The Art of Photography: Symmetry
Over The Bridge 2011. An image by Stuart Russell voted runner up in Britain’s Best View. This image has been exhibited all over Britain and sold all over the globe. This image is an example of »
Five People Playing One Guitar: Walk Off the Earth’s Viral Music Video
Using almost every inch of a single guitar, five musicians play a cover of Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” The video, posted on 5 January 2012, »
Image of the Week: Life on the Cut
In this Image of the Week installment, David Parker takes us on a trip to the Grand Union Canal in Watford. This selection of images is from a 4 year project showing some of the characters that live on narrow boats on »
Invisible Traumas
Urban Times and GV Art gallery have come together in a momentous collaboration set to explore the tale of scientific traumas via art. The first in the series, which occurred last week, focused on Art and Alzheimer’s. The second in the series sets to explore the »
Talking ‘bout My Generation
When the topic of great albums comes up, there are certain names that occur time and again. Revolver, Pet Sounds and Blonde on Blonde spring to mind, as do Dark Side of the Moon and Led Zeppelin IV. As desert island discs go, you could do a lot worse. When pushed to »
Book Reviews: Taft 2012 + The Fat Years
Political Thriller/Historical Fiction Double Feature I’ve never attempted to do a “double feature” book review before, but I found it only appropriate for The Fat Years and Taft 2012 given their painful »
Success and The Single Mom
Most recently, I wrote a piece about one woman’s personal experience working to get herself out of poverty, as well as enabling others to do the same. Through my research, I’ve come to wonder what makes women so resilient, so courageous, and so driven to »
Image of the Week: Unseen India
In this Image of the Week installment Helene Dolberg takes us on a journey around India. In Pondicherry, an old French colonial city in Tamil Nadu, this man took us around the city on his bike. Walking in the streets of this little town between Pondicherry and »