It’s cultural bad news day

Tony Wilson, founder of Factory records who brought us Joy Division and so much else has died. It’s hard not to mourn what’s became of the late, great Toronto radio station CFNY at the same time. They brought Manchester to the darkest heart of Scarborough in the early 80’s when I was a devoted [...]

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The soil lives

This is an encouraging development that suggests a way forward for other environmental groups: concentrate on the immediate health implications of destructive land use practices. It’s difficult to prove of course. We don’t think in terms of ecosystems. Strict causal relationships are difficult to pull out and there’s a frenzy of smart [...]

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