Archive - Totems of Decline

Drinking in a War Zone

In 2016, ISIS occupied Mosul, but in nearby Erbil you could still get a drink.

May 17 •

Does it really matter who the author was or what they meant?

May 5 •

April 2024

The Museum of the Moon

What Luke Jerram's model moon was hoping to achieve at Aida refugee camp in Palestine or in the nave of Winchester cathedral is uncertain, but surely it…

Apr 26 •

Grift, Grifters and The Art of Grifting

Like a rat behind the skirting boards, eventually these people will break any system

Apr 19 •

The Stalking Eye: an interpretation of a Cedric Price sketch

Ruminations on an architect's idea. Cedric Price designed the Snowdon Aviary at London Zoo.

Apr 4 •

March 2024

Art and Time Travel

Brutalism might well be wonderful, but what about the historical artifacts that have surrounded these buildings over time?

Mar 22 •

February 2024

Are NGOs a force for good, or just an opportunity for Tarquin and Matilda to bother the locals?

Feb 29 •

Many Hours in Sodom

The following article was joint second place in the 2022 Planet International Essay Competition.

Feb 21 •

Welsh Literary Magazines Defunded

Two perfectly good literary magazines have lost their funding in Wales. Do we really need to ask why?

Feb 5 •

March 2023

A taxonomy of affect in film

Mar 30, 2023 •

July 2021

Why are we doing business like a load of nobheads?

Jul 25, 2021 •

It's that time of year again where countryfolk can be driven mad by fun-seeking doughnuts.

Jul 17, 2021 •

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