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Happiness Is Preferable

05/04/09
by Nick Holloway

Today’s post comes from poet and puppeteer Molly Naylor. You can catch her in her poet guise tonight (Apr 6) at Salena Godden’s Book Club Boutique in Soho. She’ll also be performing an extract from her first solo show, There Will Be Glamour, at Norwich Arts Centre on May 8. Learn more about her on our list of contributors.I’ve been thinking about happiness. And misery. As a teenager - and embarrassingly.. More


My Dream Home

03/04/09
by Nick Holloway

More evidence I don’t have an original thought in my head: just as I was eyeing up my built-in wardrobe, thinking it was big enough for a chair, small desk and (on the top shelf) a bunk, I found this picture of a work by Australian artist Adam Norton:I shan’t go into too much detail about the project here: this post on the Adaptive Reuse blog puts it much better than I can. Before you click through,.. More


New Folio Stuff

Miss Jones & Co and Voodou re-brands are now in the portfolio.. More


Fundamentalists Say The Funniest Things

31/03/09
by Nick Holloway

Currently tickling my supernumerary rib (via boingboing):All the dialogue in If Atheists Ruled The World is lifted straight from Fundies Say The Darndest Things, a frightening collection of all the paranoid, bigoted and weird outpourings the web’s discussion boards and comment threads have to offer. Did you know, for example, that Atheism is a SECT of ISLAM? Or that a man can have sexual pleasure from.. More


Just a quick note...

29/03/09
by Nick Holloway

...to say we have a new contributor to the blog in the form of poet Emma Hammond. Poetry has always been a big part of what Mercy do, but we haven’t had the pleasure of Emma’s company before - more’s the pity, as she’s rather good.Emma is busy beavering away on a collection, Tunth-Sk, coming soon from Flipped Eye Publishing. She also runs a blog, Unicorn Hoax, and is part of the team that run Radiant.. More