HIGH-END HORTICULTURE: Cannabis greenhouse facility in Denver, Colorado
[Pic: Cannabis Tours/Creative Commons]
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing: An Almost True Account
by Matt Taibbi
(OR Books, £17.90)
IN DONALD TRUMP’S capitalist self-help tome The Art of the Deal — a book he of course did not write and which has since been disowned by its ghost writer — he outlines his rules for getting ahead.
They include: “Think big,” “Maximise options,” “Use leverage,” “Fight back” and “Contain costs.” In Trump’s hands, these translate into swamping and blackmailing the competition, smearing them in the press and refusing to pay your employees.
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth
DENNIS BROE gives an update on the last week of anti-austerity protests against the Macron regime, which has seen the supposedly more right-leaning Gilets Jaunes join with the unions and the left
