Issue 25 Eclectic – Sublime

The Golden Age of Porcelain Relived

Laura Santamaria — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Her latest collection, Dining with Grandma, reflects Elin’s memories, transporting the wearer back to a childhood of Sunday dinners at Granny’s. She has used her craft to work two distinct looks within the collection: Duchess Garden, a bohemian line featuring pretty pink flowers, cute puppies and kitsch patterns, and Swedish Classics, made with famous Swedish...

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Waste Land

laurasan — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:20:09 +0000

Long camera shots give a unique perspective of the vast scale of this colourful moving mountain of refuse, and the ant-like industry of the numerous catadores that live off its resources by sorting and recycling a huge percentage of Brazil’s waste. The documentary focuses on a society of extraordinary people, such as Tião Santos, president...

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Raw Emotion

Hanspeter Kuenzler — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:44:50 +0000

Undoubtedly it’s her voice that will strike the listener first: like Edith Piaf, whom she admires, Calvi’s voice is as tiny as her physique when she – reticently – speaks, but is vast and capable of remarkable acts of athleticism when she sings. Hardly less remarkable, however, is her guitar-playing which, in a beat, can...

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A Potted History of Vegetables

laurasan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:11:03 +0000

If you find these facts food for thought, then read on. With allotments and green spaces never so popular, seasonal and local produce the order of the day and a healthy nostalgia for growing heirloom vegetables in vogue, A Potted History of Vegetables captures something of a zeitgeist. Reacquainting the reader with the origins, nature...

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Less Meat More Veg

laurasan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:56:00 +0000

With photographs that pull you in, impressively designed and recipe- and idea-rich, Less meat more veg shows how to reverse that statistic with tasty, wholesome fare. Sections on game, poultry and red meat are counterbalanced by an impressive array of fruit and vegetables (including a veg patch section), and a general health-rich vein pointing us towards our...

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The Meat Crisis

laurasan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:00 +0000

In the next fifty years, at the current rate of consumption, a doubling of meat and milk production is predicted, with the slaughter of animals annually forecast to rise from 60bn to about 120bn. We will commit 40% of our cereal production and 94% of our soya production to keeping these animals alive before slaughter. ...

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Microfinance, Mega Future

laurasan — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Yet more news on the economy – usually gloomy – and how it’s going to affect our day-to-day lives tends to leave us feeling bewildered. But for people in poverty-stricken communities, establishing a livelihoods is a huge challenge in itself. There is no denying that in times of crisis, financial aid can help alleviate some of...

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The Ultimate Remix

John Grant — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Imagine if all of human culture was represented by a single book, and the maximum size of this book was more or less fixed. Each generation would create their own version, but expanding the book would not be an option. If you wanted to add new knowledge, ideas, beliefs and practices, you would have to...

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Triple Whammy

Jeremy Leggett — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:00:00 +0000

The climate theme has involved a dramatic reversal of belief systems on the threat of global warming. A PR campaign of malign brilliance has remoulded US public opinion to such an extent that not a single Republican candidate in the mid-term elections professed to believe there was anything much to worry about in human enhancement of the greenhouse effect.

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Tailored Choices

Frances Corner — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Or those of us who see clothes as adornment, rather than an external display of internal thinking, fashion is often dismissed as trivial. However we dress, we make statements about ourselves, whether we want to or not.

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