Leisure Posts
The political economy of informal events, 2030
Below, a summary of my book – available at the bottom of this page – on #LiveEntertainment #musicfestivals #livemusic #nightclubs and events in the #arts and #sport.
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Christmas wrapping paper
Sky News discussion on the bah humbug attitude by environmentalists towards waste at Christmas
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BBC documentary on Ibiza and UK youth, 1999
BBC documentary on Ibiza & UK youth from Winter 1999
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The future of sleep
Folks, I have seen the future of sleep. It is Chinese, and cheap. Man Wah Holdings, a £700m furniture company headquartered in Hong Kong, has brought its new SleepCheers mattresses to showrooms in North Carolina.
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An engaging tale, packed with myths
Christian Salmon’s book rightly notes the increasing use of narrative in modern life, but his ‘anti-capitalist’ instincts get in the way of understanding why.
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Read into it what you will
In the penultimate episode of the fourth series of the deservedly acclaimed HBO series The Wire, Tommy Carcetti, the fresh-faced, new, Democratic Party mayor of run-down Baltimore, is waiting outside the office of the Republican governor of Maryland.
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Cooking 2026: the future of making meals in the home
Here is Chapter 1 of a pamphlet commissioned by Le Creuset in September 2006. To download the full PDF version, click on this title link ‘Cooking 2026: the future of making meals in the home‘.
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Why don’t women play computer games?
The fact that these are boys’ toys has been theorised as evidence for the ‘politics of difference’
Read the full article...Play as the Main Event in International and UK Culture
Play has become a dominant trend in the culture of Western adults. This chapter of Cultural Trends looks at its prevalence and growth
Read the full article...Things to come … Endless ski-ing
The trouble with ski slopes is that they run out.
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The popularity of workplace teams indicates how work is elided with play.
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Deafening music, dance-floor divas and me (aged 46)
ON THE TUBE to Liverpool Street to the train to the plane, two 30-something City surveyors in suits chatted about Ibiza Uncovered, the recent Channel Four fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
Read the full article...A nice cup of coffee before you go?
Why have Britons taken so long to enjoy good coffee?
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#IOPC IN THE NEWS AGAIN. Pix: DG Rachel Watson; Acting Deputy DG Kathie Cashell;
Amanda Rowe and Steve Noonann, both Acting Directors, Operations.
That's a lot of acting! No wonder the IOPC's report never saw the light of day.
Are we a bit flaccid, perhaps?
A dubious editorial decision by the Daily Mail that risks glorifying one of the most evil men in history. Who cares about his air fryer recipes?