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According to the Vegan Society, evidence of people choosing to avoid animal products can be traced back over 2,000 years. As early as 500 BC, Greek philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras, is said to have promoted ‘benevolence among all species’ whilst Read more »
The Dub Pistols have built a massive fanbase in the West Country by putting in the hours and respecting their audience. Barry Ashworth talks to Fergus Byrne about energy, music, football and music royalty—and, what could possibly go wrong? Read more »
After a screening of the film, Eye in the Sky, at the Electric Palace in Bridport a few years ago, one of the less intense questions that arose was whether an insect-sized drone with a camera on board could really Read more »
Last week I was shown a map of trees planted in 2017 in the Heart of England Forest in Warwickshire. The brainchild of the late Felix Dennis, the forest started with a small wood that he planted in 1996. At Read more »
At an uplifting event at Roche Court outside Salisbury, to remember and celebrate the life of the artist, John Hubbard, the British Art Historian, Neil MacGregor highlighted John’s combination of ‘voracious, sensational curiosity’, his ‘endless intellectual energy’ and his ‘unshakeable Read more »
Whenever someone begins a sentence with the words ‘I’m no expert but…’ and then proceeds to hold court on the state of the world, or whatever their chosen subject is, there is a strong chance that they wouldn’t want to Read more »
A reading of Andrew Rutherford’s latest play, Prepare to Leave, will be presented at Bridport Arts Centre on April 21st. He talked to Fergus Byrne about the play’s inspiration and the questions it poses. Anyone who saw Gary Oldman’s Read more »
I found myself searching the internet recently to see what cheering things we might look forward to in the coming months. As ever, sporting events were high on many of the lists. The first to feature was the Winter Olympics, Read more »
Depending on whether or not you gain financially or through an efficiency that makes your life easier, you may or may not be a big fan of algorithms. For some they are an intrusion into our privacy and for others Read more »
I gave up sending Christmas cards years ago. At the time I claimed an environmental stance but really it was more to do with cards being one of too many things to do, and besides nobody would notice. I was Read more »