Issue 27 Regeneration – Sublime

Master Crafter

Laura Santamaria — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Sublime: Who is Dr Noki? Tell us all …Dr Noki: Dr Noki is a character created out of a Vogue magazine feature. In 2008, I did a presentation for Lulu Kennedy of Fashion East, and I made a conscious fashion effort – some might say faux pas – by creating NHS, or the Noki House...

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What Goes Around

Hanspeter Kuenzler — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:17:55 +0000

Sublime: Your new album is called Long Player Late Bloomer. You’re anything but a late bloomer, though, aren’t you? Ron Sexsmith: In some ways, I feel I am. Even with my singing I feel I’ve gotten better. I know what I’m doing, more so than when I started out. When I wrote that song, I wasn’t...

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The Way

laurasan — Thu, 19 May 2011 09:41:26 +0000

The title refers to El Camino de Santiago de Compostela (The Way of St James), one of a collection of ancient pilgrimage routes running throughout Europe, that ends at the cathedral in Galicia, north-west Spain, where the apostle is reputedly laid to rest. Since medieval times, pilgrims have given up the safety of home and...

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Far Out Isn’t Far Enough

laurasan — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:05:57 +0000

Reading these memoirs of his four-year attempt to farm in the wilderness of mid-1970s Nova Scotia is like sniffing the fumes that must have fuelled his imagination. Ungerer depicts and beautifully illustrates this wild, untamed corner of Canada as mad and savage. It is a place where the population’s main preoccupation is with burning down...

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Best Wild Places

laurasan — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:34:00 +0000

The current zeitgeist for ‘staycations’ is changing that, and Christopher Somerville, author of Coast, with 25 years’ experience walking country lanes, back hills and wildernesses, here sets out 500 journeys to help the staycationer on their way. The fruit of that quarter-century, explorations on which Somerville reveals he has done all his important thinking, is evident...

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Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers

Laura Santamaria — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Hearing the word ‘seedbomb’ on the radio, Josie had a moment of recognition and before long, was doing workshops across the country in museums, festivals, schools and fairs. That seed had fallen in fertile soil, and now seedbombs are an important part of the recent phenomenon of guerrilla gardening, while Josie has a thriving business....

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Colourful Histories

laurasan — Sun, 01 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz are the creative duo that are Guerra de la Paz. The Cuban-born artists live and work in Miami, and have been producing work together since 1996. They use second-hand clothing and found materials to create beautiful installations which are not only visually stimulating, but provide an interesting commentary...

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Incredible Me

Jeremy Leggett — Sun, 01 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

A phase of regeneration in society is an entirely feasible prospect in the times ahead. It could be sparked at the intersection of the three great crises of our times: the crises in finance, in climate and in energy. Such a regeneration could be a global renaissance, a road capable of leading to a much better future than the one that looks probable for humankind at present. Sadly, this positive outcome is far from guaranteed.

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Feminine Touch

laurasan — Sun, 01 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

The Baby Boom years brought with it expectations for women that included being a loving mother, a meticulous homemaker and an obedient wife. Marrying after finishing high school was the norm, and the few women who ventured on into further education were taught economics and cooking – skills that suited their role within society. Even...

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Wearing It Well

laurasan — Sun, 01 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lola Young is a truly inspirational figure. Awarded an OBE in 2001, and appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords in 2004, Baroness Young is also an artist, author and cultural ambassador, and held the position of Head of Culture at the Greater London Authority from 2001 to 2004. She is...

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