Art and Culture

Neither Art nor Culture is your editors strong point, so for high highfalutin stuff like paintings, sculpture, ballet and classical music or opera, it's up to you, so get cracking and write us a piece. Otherwise look below for book reviews and popular (with your editor) music.
PRESENTS FROM MY BOYFRIENDS
A poem about the grooming gangs?
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE JIHADIST PLOT
Paul Sutton treats us to another of his lost adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Education, Education, Education.
Frank Palmer on the glories of education.
Leonard Cohen – Prophet?
Iain Hunter talks about the prophetic poetry in song of the late Leonard Cohen
THE SCANDAL OF THE STOCKWELL STAIRWELL
Another one of Paul Sutton's highly imaginative recountings of unpublished Sherlock Holmes adventures.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: the case for freedom of the will
A review of Kubrik's masterpiece from a free will perspective.
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE AUTUMN OF TERROR
Another story of Sherlock Holmes from Paul Sutton's short story series.
The Honkey and the -i--e-
An essay on the inanity of making some words taboo.
DREAM STATE: PART THREE - THE ENGLISH CULTURE WAR
Another humorous but worrying piece about the state of teaching in modern Britain and the affect mass immigration and multiculturalism has had on it.
THE REAL REASONS WHY PORNOGRAPHY IS WRONG
A philosophical discourse on how pornography debases the human condition.
DREAM STATE: PART TWO - THE ENGLISH CULTURE WAR
Part Two of Paul Sutton's essay on life at the chalk face.
Alpha India - our in-house artist and her works.
Opopanax suggested opening a gallery of images generated by our resident artists, the lovely Alpha India, so here's a few that were not used in articles.
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE TRANSGENDER PUPIL
Paul Sutton treats us to another of his creative satires, where Holmes and Watson seek to revenge a heinous wrong suffered by 'Miss' Daventry.
BEING 'OFFENSIVE' IS IRRELEVANT
Paul Sutton relates his experience as a teacher and exposes the descent of the teaching of English literature into woke depravity.
Book Review - RMS Olympic by John Hamer
This book is well-written, well-researched and very persuasive. Recommended.
Teo Gertler Teenage Violinist
A piece of classical music featuring a young Slovak-Hungarian violin soloist, who many think will be one of the all time greats.
The Music of Nini, Rock, Pop and Classical Played on Traditional Chinese Instruments.
And now for something different – a musician using traditional Chinese instruments to play Western rock songs and orchestral music.
The Black Sea
An excellent eight-part series, based on a true story set around the Russian, or rather Soviet, Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and German-occupied Crimea.
Above Us The Stars
It tells the story of young Jack Clyde, who joined Bomber Command after his hometown of Seaham, Co. Durham, was heavily bombed by the Germans, and follows his service as a wireless operator in 10 Squadron’s Halifax bombers.