Reviews and Publications
Demands for transparency are central to the current culture of public debate. Climate scientists and their associations, the former English football captain, individual politicians and political parties, arts organisations, BBC broadcasters, financial institutions and local government have all been criticised in the past few days for not being transparent enough.
Read moreIntroduction: The fuzzy boundary of privacy
What is private? Is it the opposite of public? What is public? Even if you’re confident you can answer these questions, it is still difficult to say what information should be public and what should be private. When so much data about shopping habits, internet searches, health and emotional well-being is held by both huge commercial concerns and the state, or is self-published on social networking sites and blogs, the dividing line between privacy and publicity is fuzzy.
The following is an extract from the book 'The Myth of Racist Kids - anti-racist policy and the regulation of school life' by Adrian Hart.
© of the text, Adrian Hart 2009. First published 2009 isbn 978-0-9561247-2-2. Published by Manifesto Club www.manifestoclub.com info@manifestoclub.com
Edited by Josie Appleton
Read moreQuestion Time was an early Christmas present for the turkey. The public is way better at humiliating Nick Griffin than politicians or playwright museum directors. Jack Straw, Lady Warsi and the other one were compromised by agreeing on tougher immigration controls while Bonnie Greer defaulted to an apolitical “but I know some basic history” mode. While Greer's face was a picture when Griffin talked about a non-violent Ku Klux Klan, the members of the public, the people in the audience having a go, were priceless.
Read moreThere really is such a thing as a free lunch! The information really does want to be free! Chris Anderson claims that ‘free’ can mean something is not paid for or is unrestricted; and his book has a similarly two-sided character. It’s a pragmatic guide on how to extract business revenue when the effective market price for a digital product is zero, alongside announcing the business model for a 21st century of digital abundance is Free (with an upper-case F).
Read moreGesthamane by David Hare, Theatre Royal, Brighton, 31st March 2009
Emily Priscott is a second year History student at the University of Sussex. Her special interests include literary, film and fashion history of the 20th century. Upon completing her degree she plans to study for an MA in Fashion Culture and History at the London College of Fashion. Lucy Robinson teaches Emily on the second year history course at Sussex, ‘The Blocked Sixties’.
Read moreThe Damned 21-22 December 2008, Komedia, Brighton
Lucy Robinson, Lecturer in History at the University of Sussex, teaches a second-year history course, Thatcher’s Britain. Ash Arcadian is a second-year student on that course. Finding that they both have a lot in common, they find themselves going to watch the Damned: one band, two punters, two gigs, two experiences.
The Damned closed their 2008 tour by selling out both their originally billed and spill-over nights at the Komedia, Brighton.
Read morePeter Doherty at the Brighton Dome 19th March 2009
Pete Doherty has been remarketed. He is now Peter not Pete. In a plain black sweater and jeans he as been deGuccified; he is no longer Kate Moss’s dirty little play thing. He is now something else – but after watching him at the Dome I’m not entirely sure what that something else is, and nor I suspect is he.
Read moreSomething strange is happening in a city recently wishing to protect its citizens from ‘inciteful’ homophobic lyrics and the sensual charms of lap dancers (Burlesque doesn’t count apparently as it’s middle-class, sorry, art). These two recent council banning campaigns show a new puritanical Brighton emerging, yet it’s a city still happily hosting a comedian, magician and self proclaimed ‘psychopath’ at its annual festival, a man specialising in hate speech.
Read moreI first heard of ’silent discos’ at Glastonbury Festival a few years ago and was immediately intrigued. Party goers wear radio headphones and dance to a choice of at least two different DJ’s. If you take your headphones off, there is no music; it is literally silent. I was, therefore, very happy to see it make it onto the Brighton Festival and reach a wider audience.
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