Issue 3 Freedom – Sublime

Al Gore Gets Current

Stephen Armstrong — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:00:00 +0000

These are desperate times for those who look for heroes and prophets. If there is such a thing as a hero today it is – to paraphrase Camus – the person who says no. There are precious few of these. Perhaps there’s Ron Ridenhour – the only man who refused to administer fake electric shocks...

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Free Range Kids

Wayne Hemingway — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:00:00 +0000

Ever since I was at John Prescott’s Urban Summit at Brindley Place, Birmingham in late 2002, and was collected by my wife and youngest lad on our way up to visit family up north, I have had a bee in my bonnet about our so-called ‘urban renaissance’. Birmingham’s regenerated canal district has become home...

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Homes On The Go

laurasan — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:00:00 +0000

It’s paradoxical, but it seems that the more we have in the First World, and arguably the more blessed we are, the less free many of us feel. Homes and material possessions take on ever greater importance and rather than simply meeting our need for shelter and security, become millstones around our necks. Increasingly disconnected from nature, and one another, we find ourselves dreaming of a simpler existence.

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