Iconoclast

Whilst many of us are suspicious of arbitrary moral codes, ethics remain important, and will do for as long as we are working out how to live together. Here, I suggest three values to help guide sexual relationships.

Before the virus, home-grown terrorism was seen by many as the biggest threat to life in the West. The diagnosis named 'extremism' as the problem, but what assumptions lay behind this, and can we improve on such language?

What do you do when something you grew up believing is challenged? When it seems unimaginable to vote for a different party, question religious dogma, or conceive of a different socio-economic reality?

It's a very strange Easter this year as church buildings across the world remain closed. Reflecting on the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, I see what we can learn from perhaps the most enduring story of history via a 'non-religious' reading.

Marx saw religion as "the opium of the people," but our 21st-century Western lifestyle now includes a whole range of comforting distractions. Holding up a mirror to how our environment teaches us to behave, I question the empty promises of the market and self-serving narratives of the media.

Creatives have a key role to play in shaping culture but this takes active resistance as the systems we work in often mould us in nefarious ways. In this episode, I offer one strategy to help you reconnect to your best work.

Iconoclast is a space for the creative and the curious to explore culture and ideas. In this short lo-fi trailer, host Matt Brunton lets you know what to expect from Season 1.