Category Archives: “Art”

Sometimes I wonder if I’m here – blurblog 2, leisure time to modern life

Posted on August 16, 2012 by PopLifer

blurblog 2, second in our series on the long and tempestuous love affair between Britain and Blur. For blurblog 1 – go here. Writing this in 2012,  it’s astonishing to think how close Blur came to being a minor footnote in pop history, just … Continue reading →

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Britain and Blur – falling in and out of love for 20 years

Posted on August 14, 2012 by PopLifer

‘There are blue skies in my city today’ 12 August 2012. An extraordinary fortnight of success and spectacle is drawing to a close. In the Olympic Village, the nation is showing its remarkable ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of … Continue reading →

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Billy Liar, a train ticket to the sixties – Picture this #15

Posted on August 9, 2012 by PopLifer

No one is entirely sure when the 60’s started. Famously, not even those who were there. The publication of Lady Chatterley in 1960; Ursula Andress in her bikini in 62; the Beatles’ She Loves You becoming the first of their many … Continue reading →

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A tale of one city: London 2011, London 2012 and the need for a Plan B

Posted on August 6, 2012 by PopLifer

Rioters surrounding bus in flames, Tottenham 2011, police in foreground – photo Leon Neal, AFP Britain’s men’s gymnastics team claiming bronze, 2012, photo c/o http://www.london2012.com There are more similarities between the outbreak of lawlessness that tore through London one year … Continue reading →

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PSB Winner #10 – It Couldn’t Happen Here

Posted on August 5, 2012 by PopLifer

And so we reach the finishing line of our Pet Shop Boys marathon, first begun in honour of their new single, “Winner” (to recap on what it’s all been about go to our introduction, here). For those of you who … Continue reading →

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Class Act: Grayson Perry’s Vanity of Small Differences

Posted on August 3, 2012 by PopLifer

As Pop Lifer touched on in our bluffer’s guide to the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Britain seems to be looking in the mirror a great deal this summer, even more than usual. Elizabeth Windsor been our head of state for 60 … Continue reading →

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