Why Big is Small in Pakistan
The Fakir Khana Museum, a ‘hevaley’ housing a vast collection of eclectic artefacts assembled over six generations, is stifling in Lahore’s August heat. Unfazed by the rivulets of sweat coursing down his face, its owl-eyed curator is about to present one of his most precious treasures. “How
Doctor Who in Shenzhen, China
A class of primary school students watch Doctor Who in Shenzhen, China. A day after taking this photo, I entered a class to chants of "B!B!C!B!B!C!". A year after taking this photo, China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television reportedly 'banned' depictions of Time Travel in film and
Catweazle
Matt Sage, troubadour, founder and compere of Catweazle explains why, in his words, this “magical cave from some far away epoch” has been such a success, and why it is so valuable in the city.
Colorado City
Approximately 40,000 people in Utah and its neighbouring states live in illegal polygamous families. Colorado City, in Arizona, is one of most notorious polygamist communities. Formerly known as Short Creek, the town was founded in 1913 by members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latt
Marr on the Monarchy
“I am an unashamedly populist storyteller”, Marr explains, and with figures approaching six million for his recent royalist romp, ‘The Diamond Queen’, to deny his adherence to the folk narrative of 21st century Britain would be to do the man something of a disservice. As he sees it, Britain
Isis Presents Art and Agenda
ART & POLITICS PANEL How and can art work politically? Is art always retrospective? Can transient political circumstance be reconciled with the permanency of art? Our speakers will be addressing the relationship between art and politics in a lively discussion with plenty of opportunity for qu
The Mind’s a Stage: Cinema’s journey into our heads
Neuroscientists at Berkeley, University of California, last year posted a video on YouTube, revealing the results of years of research. The video documented experiments in which they had scanned the brain activity of various subjects engaged in watching short films. They then endeavoured to translat
The future of happiness
Are you happy? Is the person sitting next to you, if there is any such, happy? I don’t know; perhaps even you don’t know. I do however feel confident telling you that, whenever you are reading this copy of ISIS, right now Anders Sandberg is happy.