Culture - August

Reading:

Milan Kundera - 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Arthur Miller - 'The Crucible' (play)
Evelyn Waugh - 'Decline and Fall'
Valerie Sonaris 'SCUM Manifesto' (non-fiction)
Stanley Milgram - 'Obedience to Authority' (non-fiction)
Ivan Chtcheglov - 'The Formulary for a New Urbanism' (essay)
John Hooper - 'The New Spainiards' (non-fiction)


Watching:

'The Trial' (Orson Welles)
'Eden Lake' (James Watkins)
'Good Will Hunting' (Gus Van Sant)
'The War on Democracy' (John Pilger) (documentary)
'The Last Temptation of Christ' (Martin Scorsese)


Listening:

King Creosote - 'From Scotland with Love'
Black Sabbath - 'IV'
Black Sabbath - 'Masters of Reality'
Merchandise - 'After the End'
Benji - 'Sun Kil Moon'
Royal Blood - 'Royal Blood'
The Wytches - 'Annabel Dream Reader'


In attendance:

'Digital Revolution' at the Barbican Centre, London
'The Crucible' at Old Vic, London
BBC Proms - West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms - BBC Symphony Orchestra performing Richard Strauss' 'Elektra' at Royal Albert Hall