Mushrooms

I haven't blogged in ages have I! Well I have been busy doing things out in the real world, which is surely more productive. I'm not sure that images of mushrooms make much of a comeback post, but they sure are cool.



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12th International Book Fair

I really enjoyed looking at all of the beautiful things on display at the book fair; I think that the older I get, the less I take the creativity of others for granted. A selection of things I liked:


Anne Rook has tapped into a project I had in mind with her exploration of the apple in terms of its 'brand'.
Incredibly, there are over a thousand varieties of apple in the UK, but I suspect that most people can only name a few, owing to the select few available. I'm sure a fellow vis com student based an FMP around this; I will try and dig out the old exhibition catalogues... Anyway, I like the flat images Rook has produced, but the accompanying animation doesn't inspire me at all.


This poster from David Birchall (Black and White Cat Press) is rather groovy, and has now replaced Johnny Depp's portrait of Patti Smith on the wall above my keyboard.


Letter Press Printed Cards are keeping the Gutenberg tradition alive. If you must engage in the exchanging of greetings cards, then at least don't go to Clintons.


New Arcadian Press aims to to 'generate a continuous programme of artistic, scholarly and poetic research into cultural landscape'. The resulting journals are lovely items.

Where to Buy Food In Leeds

This post is more of a plug, for the places that offer alternatives to the horrible supermarkets.

CITY CENTRE

Kirkstall Market. The farmers market is every first and third Sunday of the month, from 9am to 2pm; a good chance to support local producers and buy seasonal harvest.


Out of This World

Org Organics

Leeds University Green Action Society Food Co-op


LS6

Oblong Food Co-op

Maumoniat's International Supermarket

Abu Bakar

ONLINE

Lembas Speciality Vegetarian Wholefoods

Pop Organics

Custard Apple

This curious fruit grows on the Annona reticulata tree, which can be found in tropical climates. Image via The Green Intifada.

Big Ideas

This is a great speech, courtesy of TVO's Big Ideas series. Cultural Studies professor Toby Miller approaches the environmental impact of e-waste with an array of philosophical and critical methodologies.

Electronic Waste


The compatibility between religion and western liberal development is explored very eruditely, and with some cracking long words, by political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain.

Religion and Democracy