by Andy Dodd | Oct 28, 2017 | Extemplo
Bereft by the news from Catalunya. I may lose friends for saying this but I think the unilateral declaration of independence is truly regrettable. When all is said and done, the separatist movement simply doesn’t have a legitimate majority or legal authority for...
by Andy Dodd | Oct 4, 2017 | Brexit, On My Mind, Politics
You can’t always get what you want. It’s both a truism and the title of a song by The Rolling Stones, whom I was fortunate to see live in concert in Barcelona last week. What’s there to say about Mick Jagger and his colleagues that hasn’t already been said? With a...
by Andy Dodd | Sep 24, 2017 | On My Mind, Politics
Who knows what was going through Theresa May’s mind when she decided to make her big speech about Britain’s future relationship in Florence? Maybe it was the thought of standing in the shadow of the Medici, a ruthless family of medieval power brokers who used any...
by Andy Dodd | Sep 12, 2017 | Arts, On My Mind, Photography, Politics
I came across this stunning photograph by Martyn Aim in an article about the battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State. The image moved me because it goes beyond the transitory shock of eye-witness journalism to evoke the timelessness of suffering and tragedy...
by Andy Dodd | Aug 28, 2017 | Extemplo
From the Comments beneath an article on The Guardian following Liverpool’s 4-0 thrashing of Arsenal on 28th August 2017. “A word to Silent Stan. Support your manager and put some bloody money in. The way its going in the market, for a team aspiring to finish in...
