EDITORIAL
ARUN KAPIL
THE VOLTAGE OF FRESH: WHY FRUIT NEEDS FIRE
PHIL HALL PAUL HALAS GORDON LIDL
MEETING HEIKO KHOO
NORMAN B. SCHWARTZ
16. Little Tramp / Rich Man
PAUL HALAS WITH BING SHI
COLOUR, MOVEMENT AND BALLET
MOUNTAIN WEDDING
SUDEEP SEN
YOGESH PATEL
A SPINNING COIN OF DHŪRTĀKHYĀNA
THE RACIAL RESENTMENT OF THE WHITE CALIBAN
DUSTIN PICKERING
ECOLOGICAL DESTRICTION IS CLASS WAR
GORDON LIDL
7. NEVER AGAIN
DAVID YIP
ADEL DARWISH
THE RAMELEH TRAM CARRIES THE LIFE BLOOD OF ALEXANDRIA
POETRY
SHORT STORIES
BOOK EXTRACTS
TRAVEL WRITING
Two Short Stories by Beatriz Escalante
Oscar de la Borbolla: Notes on Language
Beena Kamlani: Excerpt from The English Problem
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Ajay Jain: Extracts from ‘Charlie’s Boys’
Ananya Vajpeyi: From Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities
S B EASWARAN: Five Poems
Priscilla Gac-Artigas: Gustavo Gac-Artigas in Translation
In Translation: TWO of Ewa Lipska’s FURTEEN TALES
Geo Milev: Prose Poems Translated by Tom Phillips
New Malden Writers in March
Patrick McManus, John Grant, Karl Rutlidge, Tom Frank & Phil Hall
FILM & POLITICS
GEOPOLITICS
SOCIAL COMMENTRY
TECHNOLOGY
RICHARD STEINHARDT
Gaming out the Iran War
The Continuing US Attack on Indian Non-Alignment
The Mysterious Death Wish of the Western Ruling Class
The Road to Greater Khorasan
PHIL HALL
Lebanon Envy
A Critique of Noam Chomsky’s Work
A Letter to the Apolitical You, Rudi
Solaris and the Loving Sky
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OPEN LETTER TO THE ALIENS
From July 12 to 29, 1952, a series of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings were reported in Washington, D.C. and later became known as the Washington flap You aliens are sociopaths – Interstellar Jeremy Clarksons by Phil Hall If you come to Earth, into our communities as a guest, then you must give an account of yourselves. If you don’t…
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1. ISOBAL & HENRY
Picture of Isobel and Joseph by Margaret Yip I was born in the middle of Clement Attlee’s term as prime minister in 1949. I was the fourth child born to my parents. My mother, Isobal, had been in service before marriage, and my father, Henry, was a miner. After my birth, they went on…
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CON’S SHAKESPEAREAN GARDEN
Visits to the Merlin of Coombe Hill by Phil Hall Con lives in the house he was born into more than 60 years ago. Everyone notices it from the street; partly because it looks run down and partly because there are sometimes cats in the front garden. One of the cats was bitten by…
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Tagore Prize Awarded to Sudeep Sen
The cover of Anthropocene, by Sudeep Sen Review by Peter Cowlam All of us here at Ars Notoria are delighted at the news that our poetry editor, Sudeep Sen, has been awarded the prestigious Tagore Prize for 2021–22. The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize, a literary honour in India conferred annually for published works by…
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HAMBA KAHLE, HARRY
Harold Voigt, South African Painter 1st May 1939 – 9th October 2022 by Leigh Voigt How does one give an unbiased, honest appraisal of one’s own husband and have the gall to call it an obituary? Does one resort to clichés? Borrow words from the pens of others? No, one hones in on an…
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KING CHARLES III HAS A SACRED TASK
Dissolve the institution of Monarchy! by Philip Hall The idea that Charles III is divinely appointed to rule over us is ridiculous! Yet, ultimately, it is the metaphysical idea of the divine right of kings that gives King Charles III his legitimacy as the head of state. Ordinary British people are not citizens, but…
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OBITUARY: BRYAN GREETHAM, TEACHER, WRITER & THINKER
By Pat Rowe Bryan Greetham (1946-2022) the writer and thinker, died on Sunday 26th June in Estepona, Spain. Above all, Bryan wanted to help students of all ages be the best thinkers possible. Bryan was born in Faversham, Kent. He failed the 11 plus exam and went to a secondary modern school. But this…
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SMOOTH OPERATOR: taking on the biggest poker game in the world
Grand Lisboa and Wynn buildings in Macau. Photograph Da Na Pexels Macau ‘whales’ are the biggest fish in high stakes poker by Thomas Levene This article is, in part, my personal poker journey and, partly, an insight into the mysterious and secretive world of nose-bleed cash games that just get bigger and bigger. The…
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À BAS LE FAST-FOOD!
French cuisine ain’t as good as it used to be. The rot set in well before Chirac made his famous remarks, and seems to be accelerating. As someone who has visited and stayed in France frequently over the decades, I chart this decline with great sadness. French cuisine has always been celebrated for its…
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Sonnet Mondal: Poems From the Heart
Ever since I stumbled on Sonnet Mondal’s poems, I have been captivated by their stunning simplicity and words evoking a magical experience. That he achieves this consistently is breath-taking. In this occasional series, our aim is to connect you with some of these exceptional beauties I come across. These are rare, as they don’t…
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