There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by a Sword. The other is by debt. John Adams 1735-1826

Recently I have been taking advantage of my repaired Canon G12. Whilst on lunch break at work I scuttled down to the square to grab some colourful images of the succulent foods being sold at the European Food Market. Feeling slightly disenchanted that I could not do an interview due to the limited amount of stories that Bournemouth cultivates, someone had unsurprisingly snapped this one up. so instead i took pictures.

 In response to the bleak atmosphere that everyone is feeling; There is hope

Making sense of the riots?

'Can we even imagine what it means to be a young man in a poor, racially mixed area, a priori suspected and harassed by the police, not only unemployed but often unemployable, with no hope of a future? The implication is that the conditions these people find themselves in make it inevitable that they will take to the streets. The problem with this account, though, is that it lists only the objective conditions for the riots. To riot is to make a subjective statement, implicitly to declare how one relates to one’s objective conditions.’ Zizek 2011: London Review

WHAT IS PROGRESS?

A Medieval Graveyard in London has accommodated plague culprits for centuries said coronary scientists. Turned out the graveyard in Southwark is one I used to attend monthly ritual meetings in memory of the prostitutes buried there. Deloitte is delightfully digging up these bodies to incarcerate concrete foundations for a flash new business block instead. Sadly it seems these women will always be cast as the plague?