A Pack of Literature

Now this is recycling! I am in love with the idea that if you run out, or forget to put one in your bag, you can buy a book from a vending machine. These should be on every street corner. Reduce cancer and increase literacy through the power of a slot machine. Refurbished Cigarette Vending I have a mental image of a 1940’s cigarette girl in a swanky gin joint with a tray of classic literature instead of tobacco products. Continue reading A Pack of Literature

It’s a small Roof-world

Impatiently waiting for me to mix a drink, my mother picked up and idly flicked through my last theory assignment, which looked at some of the main ideas from Michael Foucault’s essay ‘What is an Author?” and the author online. I wasn’t really expecting much of a reaction but she emitted a little astonished “Oh!” of recognition.  I was quite taken aback until she explained that no, she didn’t have a clue who Foucault was or what he was going on about, but she did recognise Christopher Fowler who I mention in relation to the online presence of the author … Continue reading It’s a small Roof-world