Last night I attended a lecture by Alex Schmid, director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews, on state terrorism. Linking competing conceptual definitions of terrorism with the ongoing practice of state terror in countries around the world, it [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Politics and art
Posted in Politics, film, tagged art, film, nocountryforoldmen, sweeneytodd, terrorism, therewillbeblood on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Variations on a theme
Posted in Art & architecture, Books, Theatre & performing arts, film, tagged 4months3weeks&2days, art, film, louisebourgeois, theatre, womenoftroy on January 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This month, as I’ve banished my old friend drink, I’m planning to sit back and relax in the company of a lot more art. This weekend, therefore, I managed to fit in the brilliant new film 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days from Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, [...]
