Why the message of Architects’ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us resonates more today than ever before
On the fifth anniversary of Architects’ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, we look back at the messages put forth by the band and the late Tom Searle, and how they’re more important now than ever.
Words: James Hickie
Death is an open door’, the lyrics to Momento Mori tell us.
Minutes into 20 August 2016, Tom Searle stepped through that door, having lived with cancer for more than three years – his death announced by his twin brother and bandmate, Dan, via an emotional Facebook post. “He was an incredible songwriter and guitarist. He was my closest and oldest friend. He was a funny, intelligent and sweet man and he leaves an enormous void in all our lives.”
Ever since man first quenched his thirst in its waters, he has left his mark on the riverbed.
Ivor Noël Hume, Treasure in the Thames (1956)
London would not exist without the River Thames. It is a source of fresh water and food, a path of communication and transportation, and acts as a real and imaginary boundary. More importantly, it facilitates trade using the incoming and outgoing tides that has made London such a functional and successful port.
Since the beginning of time, the River Thames in London has been a great repository, collecting everything that has been deposited into its waters. Once discovered, these objects reveal stories of the capital’s fascinating history and its inhabitants.
Multi-award winning investigative journalist Neil Mackay has been gracing the pages of The Herald for years. With multiple columns, investigations and Big Reads , Herald readers are accustomed to his strong insight and analysis on the stories that are making the headlines. We caught his views on everything politics and coronavirus in today s Q&A. Want to catch his columns and investigations? Make sure you have your Herald digital subscription to never miss a piece.
What has been the highlight of your career? There’s been so many highlights, which probably shows my age. Chief among the highlights, though, have been editing the Sunday Herald, my investigative work into both the Dirty War in Northern Ireland and the misuse of intelligence to build the case for war against Iraq; investigations into the far-right and political extremism; writing books and making films and radio programmes; campaigning for human rights and equality - just engaging with the wider public ab
Adeela Suleman’s work featured in ‘Bashi Bazouk’ exhibition focusses on violence using different modes of depiction
Momentro Mori: Remember That you Must Die.
The number of times the word ‘violence’ occurs in this text may be surprising. Ashis Nandy notes that the only substitute for Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola; in the same vein, the only synonym for violence is violence. There can, however, be several forms of silence to cope with various forms of violence. An artist does not generally take up arms, enter politics or join protest demonstrations to confront violence of various types, scales and intentions. A visual artist, for that matter, is closer in this regard to a snail than a turtle. He/she does not seek refuge in the self but carries the burden on his/her body, and continues the journey forward. So much so that the baggage and the body become one, inseparable entity.