The Virus Project Explained in Features

I am finding it really hard to explain precisely what the Virus Project is. It’s something that has taken me some time to really work out for myself and decide how to communicate the idea properly. So, at long last, I will Read More

Mr Lao Lao in Travel & Culture

It was the end of the school holidays for the school children in Non Khiaw, Laos. As I met my friends on the shores of the Mekong river, they hurried me along to a local teenager's house where they'd been celebrating this Read More

Modern Brazil in Travel & Culture

By Georginho Bentley... Should it be surprising to hear Nick Clegg make comparisons between Brazil and Britain in his recent speech in Brasilia during his tour of Latin America? Or describing Brazil as "one of the world’s Read More

Rex - Evil Buddha Comb/Atom Smasher in Reviews

Depending on who you’re talking to, the psybreaks subgenre is either as old as the hills or as young and fresh as the soft furry bit underneath a spring daisy’s petal. It is either an organic, broken beat soundscape with Read More

Alex Iamb in Poetry & Creative Writing

Having been brought up on a diet of Dr Seuss, Michael Rosen and Roald Dahl, I had a fascination with words from an early age and I began writing poetry at around nine or ten years of age. It was not until 2008 however that I Read More