Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, January 17, 2020
Adorno wrote how notions like ‘sitting down with a good book’ are archaic.’ His reasoning was that the administered world of modern capitalism renders obsolete the idea of stories based around individuals seen to be in charge of their own destiny. Sean Sheehan The whole idea of what […]
Ladybird Books, the hugely successful series of children’s books, celebrated their 100th anniversary four years ago. Sean Sheehan The books used to be incredibly sexist: girls helped Mummy in the kitchen, boys helped Daddy in the garage and men made up the non-domestic labour force. Families were mostly […]
“The ingenious language: nine epic reasons to love Greek” is a nifty, engaging and educational book. It consists of less than 200 pages and the style throughout is snappy and pleasingly peppered with a jokey tone. Sean Sheehan This helps make it an easy read despite its erudite […]
“This place” is a large format photobook (32.00 x 30.00 cm) with work by twelve contemporary photographers, taken between 2009 and 2012. Sean Sheehan Frédéric Brenner, who succeeded in getting the project up and running, states his intention in the book’s introduction: to provide a ‘visual counterargument to […]
Nietzsche tells the story of a madman who lights a lantern in daylight and runs into the marketplace crying “I’m looking for God”. Sean Sheehan Non-believers scoff when he tells them: “We have killed him – you and I. We are all his murderers …. What were we […]
