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The first death: planned obsolescence

An idea that belongs to capitalism: producing goods that soon stop working (programmed death) and have to be replaced time and time again. Their inventors: the big multinational companies.   Miriam Valero   If someone goes into their local shop wanting to have something repaired that has broken down (a […]

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Dying London

The young people who are critical for any city’s prosperity are leaving London. Property prices, rents and sales are rising so astronomically, that only the super-rich are able to live in there.   Steve Latham   Gentrification often prices people out of inner city areas. Now central London is being […]

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Bosch

Of all the great paintings in Madrid’s Museo Nacional del Prado, the one that possibly attracts the most visitors is Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of earthly delights”.   Sean Sheehan   It is a large triptych – over 213 cm (seven feet) high and 365 cm (12 feet) wide – but  […]

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The urban void: the mystical city

The cityscape contains empty spaces, voids, which are the as-yet undeveloped tracts within the urban setting. But the word ‘void’ possesses a dual meaning. It is also a spiritual word. The void is what mystics experience in the depth of their ecstasies.   Steve Latham   Similarly, ‘nada’ is used by […]