torpedo the ark

All the curly young punks: Michael Collins and Adam Ant (top row)  Mick Jones and Me (bottom row)*     I.    Short spiky hair - often dyed a...

For a note on these images see [1] below     Probably there are quite a few songs about rioting and I suppose they might be classified as a ...

  Ceramic Blue Plaque erected in 1969 by Greater London Council  at 1 Byron Villas, Vale of Health, Hampstead, London, NW3  englishheritage....

The Sham Pistols: Jimmy Pursey, Steve Jones, Dave Treganna, and Paul Cook Photo by Paul Slattery (July 1979)     James Timothy Pursey - or J...

"Our ability to achieve perfect unity in diversity  will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation." [1]      I.    Whilst I ...

    I.    This post - post number 1977 - marks the 10th anniversary of Torpedo the Ark [1] and, fear not, there's no Elvis, Beatles or ...

Joe Strummer, lead singer of the Clash, looking pensive and posing a question  that has intrigued punks, philosophers and entomologists alik...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her  Tax the Rich dress (Met Gala 2021)       One of the results of the conjunction between politics and fashi...

Image designed by wearphilosophy As a Nietzschean, I've been steeped in a courageous philosophy that celebrates the idea of li...

When did fashion stop being dangerous and youth culture cease being sexy, stylish and subversive? That is to say, when was the last t...

I remember once being told by a friend that he understood the phrase 99% is shit to mean that the only kind of commitment that count...

Janie Jones displaying her hex appeal Marion Mitchell - better known by her professional name, Janie Jones - began her showbiz ...