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The Phoenix Project considers examples of regeneration and restoration through history. The fundamental premise here is that historic efforts to establish order out of disorder offer parallels still useful to any contemporary society in, or emerging from, serious crisis.
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Disaster film – notes on Pompeii (2014)
At the urging of some first year students, for whom this is their historical disaster movie of choice, some note on Pompeii! A classic? Who cares? Load up the SFX and enjoy: Pompeii, ‘a place of corruption, a place of temptation?’ ‘No warning? No … Continue reading