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Category Archives: philosophy

The language of Japanese colour combinations

May 19, 2019by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Colour really is a totally confusing and wonderful thing when you start to try to isolate what it really is and what it does to your experience of the world. […]

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aesthetics, art, Exhibitions, philosophy, Thoughts

Home Blindness

April 16, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Taking the time to be inspired and set resolve. I’ve spent three months writing, re-writing, re-re-writing, going backwards as I chip away editing various blog drafts. Thinning my once animated […]

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philosophy, Thoughts

Posies in Protest

January 22, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In the aftermath of the magnificent Women’s March, I interviewed two women running their own quiet protest. Bread and Roses is a new social enterprise, teaching refugee women in London the art of […]

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Artisan Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, shop, Thoughts

Time Consciousness

January 8, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In my final term at Bristol University, I collected a range of academic ideas from final year students, to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. The idea was to […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

The Paradox of Fiction

January 7, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Archived from my time at Helicon Magazine, I’m posting one academic project, explained in 200 words, every day this week. Charlie Protheroe (Philosophy BA) reveals why being terrified of a horror film is […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

The Reggae Roots of St Paul’s, Bristol

January 6, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In my final term at Bristol University, I gathered a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. Every day this week I’ve been sharing my […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

Botswana’s Diamond Trail

January 5, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

For Helicon Magazine I created a column to show off Bristol final year student’s innovative research. Today’s tease is by James Hunt (Politics and Economics BSc). He digs into Botswana’s diamond mines to analyse […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

Why do we fear?

January 4, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

For Helicon Magazine I put together a mini collection of creative research from Bristol University students and I’ve decided to share the most thought-provoking articles on ThinkingHatt this week. Read how Theo Parker (Geography BSc) challenges the […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

Commodity Fetishism

January 3, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

From breakfast to diamonds;  time consciousness to reggae. To add to my collection of Bristol’s best digested dissertations, Amelia Butler (Geography BSc) explains why she followed the journey of the apple- from the […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

Predictive Personality Traits

January 2, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In my final term at Bristol University, I scouted out a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column [2MINUTE tease]. Every day this week I’ll […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

No Sweatshops, No Photoshop

October 21, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Sarah Beckett, co-founder of Birdsong London. The ethical clothing company with principles of transparency, enterprise and social change. Birdsong sources clothing and accessories from womens’ organisations and charities. […]

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aesthetics, Designer Interviews, fashion, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

The artist with an appetite for colour

July 11, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Margrethe Odgaard. Imagine a rural Scandinavian farmhouse with a dreaming, dark-haired girl lazing in long grass. Without a TV in the house and far from popular culture, her […]

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aesthetics, art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

Colour in a ‘techno-scientific world’

February 23, 2016by harrietbottom 3 Comments

Between March and October, 2015, Christina Mackie’s nine-metre-high silk nets hung in Tate Britain’s Duveen Gallery. The pastel, soft fabric trickled down into pools of dense, crystallised dye, whilst a […]

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aesthetics, art, Exhibitions, philosophy, Thoughts

Lily Cole, the gift economy & fashion for good

August 11, 2015by harrietbottom Leave a comment

A model and actress with the right attitude. There’s no doubt that Lily Cole is an iconic beauty, a red-headed tribute to the Pre-Raphaelite era. The vogue cover-girl has featured […]

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fashion, philosophy, Thoughts

#Thinkingincolour: Part II

June 11, 2015by harrietbottom 2 Comments

When we describe a colour, we are poets. Read about someone who creates colour, talk about its essence. Thinking about the phenomenon of colour experience and the science of colour vision together, I thought it […]

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aesthetics, art, philosophy, Thoughts

#ThinkingInColour: Part I

April 12, 2015by harrietbottom 7 Comments

Is colour experience different to colour vision? What did you think of #thatdress? If one person sees blue and black in the photograph and another sees white and gold, can they […]

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aesthetics, art, philosophy, Thoughts

Channelling our inner Charlie– why hashtagging is the new weapon of choice

January 21, 2015by harrietbottom Leave a comment

What are you saying about yourself and your views when you take part in the # phenomenon? My friend Bea has aptly discussed the consequences of this platform to take […]

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philosophy

Intellectual ecstasy: Plato and philosophical progress

November 12, 2014by harrietbottom Leave a comment

…Is ancient philosophy still relevant in 21st century life? Why didn’t Plato know that slavery was wrong…? As part of Bristol’s Festival of ideas, Rebecca was invited to the Watershed […]

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Author Interviews, Interviews, philosophy, Thoughts

‘DO NO HARM’

August 6, 2014by harrietbottom Leave a comment

  ‘Do No Harm’ is a startlingly honest autobiography by the brain surgeon, Henry Marsh. He writes not only about the exciting, successful operations he has carried out, but also […]

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philosophy, Thoughts

Exhibition: Gravitas

March 30, 2014by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Antlers is the first gallery I’ve heard of that calls itself nomadic, with each exhibition bringing a new location and showroom. This concept undoubtedly cuts costs down for the gallery, […]

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aesthetics, art, Exhibitions, philosophy

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Antiquing in Beijing 🗝🕋🏺
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