BOOKS – Walls by Marcello Di Cintio

walls_marcello_di_cintioDespite common belief, the Great Wall of China CANNOT be seen from space, but the idea of walls as barricades between people based on tribe, nation and class is one that Governments and cities adore.

In Walls Canadian writer and adventurer travels to borders in the Western Sahara, Palestine/Israel, US/Mexico, India/Bangladesh, Greek/Turkish Cyprus, Morocco/Ceuta and /Meilla Belfast and Montreal to see how people are dehumanised by being divided.

This book is marvellous, reportage mixed with political disgust and a travel book for intelligent people. Sometimes, when you think you know it all, somebody teaches you what a stupid attitude that is to take… and apparently you CAN see the Western Sahara ‘Wall of Shame’ from the moon.

REVIEW: 9.75/10

Will Vine become THE social network of 2014?

* This is a guest blog from Oliver West, Digital Director of design agency Arkitex

vineIf we compiled a list of all the available social networks it would stretch from our desk to the moon, OK, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration but there are lots of them on the web, 99% of which you will never have heard of before.

There are obviously a collection of the more popular ones that you will be familiar with, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. New networks are popping up all the time trying to compete with the big players and ultimately most of them fail to gain the necessary traction to enter the game for one reason or another. Continue reading