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a manifesto Art is Magic. Work is Magic. Breath is Magic. Consciousness is Magic. Mind is Magic. Awareness is Magic. Time is Magic. Imagination is Magic. Application is Magic. Attention is Magic. Words are Magic.… Continue reading Consciousness is King
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The following story could be a parable for our times. It’s about Eshu, an African trickster god who is always quick to exploit the limitations of the human mind. The story goes that there were… Continue reading Brexit: which side are you on?
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I’m sitting on one of the benches overlooking the golf course, by the railway bridge at the end of West Cliff, as I’m writing this. It’s a lovely late summer morning, with just a hint… Continue reading Whitstable property: Fortresses of Plenty
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I would like to personally thank everyone who played a part in making the 122nd Whitstable Carnival one of the best ever. To be clear, while I was definitely the front man for the whole… Continue reading Whitstable Carnival 2019: a personal view
It’s a question of what you think science is for. Continue reading Let’s go back to the Moon
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It was our Chair, Belinda Murray, who first made me aware of the meaning of “culture”. She said that originally the word had referred to the organisms that people would carry with them when they… Continue reading The carnival belongs to our town and no one else
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Lino print, “May Day” by Ben Sands, signed artist’s proof, 1987, available to buy this weekend It’s just over three weeks to go to the Carnival, so you’ll excuse me if my next few columns… Continue reading Carnival: only three weeks to go
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Photograph courtesy of Andrew Hastings It’s been a busy fortnight for the Carnival Association. Firstly there was the rush to get the programme finished. If it hadn’t been for my brother-in-law, Matthew Valentine, I don’t… Continue reading Whitstable Carnival: taking possession of the Invicta model
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Janet Street-Porter has been writing about Whitstable again. The bulk of her column in Saturday’s i-newspaper was about the new chief executive of John Lewis, Sharon White, the first black woman to run a large… Continue reading Whitstable Shops: how many more are under threat?
It is the poor and most vulnerable who are being made to pay Continue reading Toothache
