The other day I spoke with a former colleague based in Tehran. Someone with a knack for getting stupid foreign journalists out of Iran’s more logistical minefields. She’s had to switch phones regularly to avoid having his mobile connection blocked. It’s the first time I’ve spoken to her since election day.
“It’s going to be difficult [...]
My friend is tired. Having spent the day erecting over 400 street pieces throughout Tehran’s concrete, steel, and rage-lined arteries. Having run away from angry men on motorcycles wielding batons towards angry men wearing green and throwing rocks.
The world has been introduced to a new lexicon. The Guardian Council, the Basij, Khomeni, Khameni, Khatami, ValiAsr, [...]
Sometimes the best presents you receive are the ones that show you people are not alone in fighting for what is right. Weapons of this battle? Feet. Minds. Paint. Words.
If you wander through the streets of Tehran, you may encounter some of these images. Look closely.
If you wander through the streets of Tehran, you may [...]
Common sense dictates that drinking an industrial solvent found in wheel cleaner is a stupid thing. Yet clubbers across the UK are ignoring the “Toxic: Do Not Drink” warnings and are necking back litres of the stuff for shits and giggles.
After a couple of hours I think I’m straight enough to communicate with the [...]
Publicity surrounding the link to cancer has left US tobacco firms so desperate to recruit new customers they have started giving their products away.
I was “hit up” by one of Chicago’s “cigarette fairies” – a promotional vendor who has routes throughout urban bars and clubs.
“So what brand do you smoke?” she asked. “You seen the [...]
“Bonjour!” A hearty French greeting delivered in a Flemish accent.
With stages like “Le Petit Maison dans la Prairie” and notice boards in French, Flemish and English, you’re a long way from Glastonbury.
Punters, bands, staff and food vendors deftly skip from one tongue to another.
Just the sort of thing to make you feel like an inadequate, [...]
