protest – All Across the Arts

culture and tradition, Performing Arts, protest

SLAVE – A QUESTION OF FREEDOM

Slave – A Question of Freedom closed its run at The Lowry Theatre on Saturday October 12th. It told the hard-hitting true story of Mende Nazer, who explores her dark experience with modern-day slavery with the play beginning in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains during the mid-90s until moving to London in the 2000s.

culture and tradition, Music, protest

FOLK ROCKS?

Much as I dislike categorisation for marketing purposes I no know that when I am trying to describe a certain band or music to new audiences I have a responsibility to give them clues as to where we are heading.

cinema, Literary, protest

SOME OF ME: by Isabella Rossellini (Author)

This book is utterly original, human, and provocative. Like the author herself.

cinema, Literary, protest

IF YOU DON’T KNOW ISABELLA ROSSELLINI

If you haven't met Isabella Rossellini yet, we need to talk! She is a model, film star and philanthropist and we will share the story of her illustrious family and multifaceted career

Circus, culture and tradition, protest

DROP IN AT THE OLD OAK

Ken Loach is always at his strongest when he has a clear target at which to direct a righteous anger,

culture and tradition, protest, sidetracks and detours

BODDINGTONS´: The Cream Of The World?

My old dad considered himself a scientist and never had much time for what he called ´this arty-farty writing malarkey.

culture and tradition, Music, protest, Uncategorised

PRIME PRINE LAND NOW BEARS HIS NAME AS A PARK

ohns widow Fiona Prine, accepted the honor on his behalf, which was presented by Country Music Hall of Fame member Brenda Lee (right) , while Cline’s daughter Julie Fudge will accepted the honor for her mother.

cinema, protest

THE BATTLE OF THE BLUES AND GREYS

just another word for nothing left to lose for a prophet and a pilgrim and a pusher and the last priest in the world walking in a free world of Orwellian surveillance filming and recording for posterity whispering of conspiracy twisting of truth falsifying of fact distorting of data infecting of information more informed than ever before yet knowing less and certain of nothing except poets writing in their voice unspoken that freedom is a state of mind

AATA, protest

IN THE DANCE BAND ON THE TITANIC

I am not being facetious, nor seeking to abuse the powers of my platform here at sidetracks & detours, when I say I would rather see our tomorrow´s history placed in the hands of today´s artists.

AATA, protest

FRANKENSTEIN´S GRANNY: The Mary Wollstonecraft statue. By Michael Higgins

All biographers should aim to depict their subject as real life people and write a life that is true to what they wanted to be and what perhaps they actually became. The same should attain to graphic art and sculpture.