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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
How technology can make us masters of our own destiny
John Green reviews Architect or Bee? The Human Price of Technology, by Mike Cooley (Spokesman Books, £10.99)
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
MIKE COOLEY was ahead of his time when he first promoted his ideas on the impact of technology on our lives.
As a leading shop steward at Lucas Aerospace in the early ’70s, he and his colleagues developed a ground-breaking plan for socially useful production as the responsible alternative to arms manufacturing.
The 1976 Lucas Plan remains an inspiration for trade unionists, particularly in view of the Trident debate and the concerns about jobs.
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