The exhibition currently on show at the British Museum is called Troy: Myth and Reality but some plurals could have been used. Multiple myths and realities, some of an urgently contemporary kind, have created more than one Troy. Sean Sheehan An ancient city close to the northwest coast […]
In Focus
In Focus
Urban renewal: the psychological dimension
Meditation is the route to enlightenment, of the outer, urban, context, as well as the inner, personal, condition. Steve Latham Paul Virilio, coined the term ‘Dromology’ to describe the scientifc-philosophical investigation of speed in contemporary experience. And this is the nature of the ‘urbiverse’ we live in. To […]
Urban time: rules for living
I have spent over thirty years working in London, trying to understand the nature of urban experience. Sometimes I’ve done so from a supposedly ‘objective’ social science perspective: facts and figures. Steve Latham At other times, the touchy-feely way of understanding the mode of living in the city, […]
What does a map tell you?
Herodotus tells a story in “Histories” (5.49-54) about Aristagoras, the leader of a rebellion against the mighty Persian Empire, visiting Sparta to solicit military support. His sales pitch comes complete with a visual aid, a world map engraved on a bronze plate. Sean Sheehan Aristagoras uses the map […]
We are back! The Prisma is back to Facebook!
Helps us to rebuild our audience In September Last year The Prisma newspaper was totally banned from Facebook. It meant we lost all the group, the profile, the page, followers, groups we have joined and the full eight years records! This has been catastrophic for us, because we are […]
















