Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

To help me and others with ideas for this drama, as a group we discussed what improvisational techniques we could implement into our drama. Some of the ideas that were brought up were characterisation and symbolic meaning that relates to the stimulus. This helped me stimulate ideas even before the stimulus was presented to me.…

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to defer the external performance of your “Oh What a Lovely War!” piece until Tuesday 19th of June (a one week deferral). You will now be timetabled in lessons as normal tomorrow. Our apologies for the lateness of this notice.

The play ‘Oh What A Lovely War’ is a controversial play that unearths the corruption in war leaders, the incompetence of generals and the death of innocent war during the first world war. The play was developed by Joan Littlewood. One concept that interested me while reading the play was how munitions manufacturers of different…

Can you smell that?  The lilac? I’ve always found that it got up my nose, this morning especially.  As I made my way down Palestine Street, I couldn’t stop thinking about my wife. It’s the lilac. Her soothing voice. Her loving personality. Deep in thought, I bumped into two blind men. They were dressed in…

Dear Ms Birbalsingh, London is a vibrant, multicultural city that holds many diverse cultures in it. Unfortunately, these cultures clashed in the London riots. Instead of using this as an opportunity to ask why, you used this space to blame black culture as the main cause for the riots. You cannot define black culture and…

Dear Mrs Hopkins, For many years the journalism industry has created nasty characters with strong, questionable opinions. However when I came across your article, I was viciously troubled. I commend you for your bravery – not a lot of people would have the courage to be as disrespectful and verbally violent as you. ‘Feral humans.’…