Aug 2

Aug 2 Whodunits in Charts

Projects, English Class, Art

A pie chart entitled ‘Social Class of Killer’. It shows that over 50% of the killers in whodunits are upper class, a thin sliver of killers are working class, and the rest are middle class. ‘Butler’ appears in the key, but represents 0%.

A bar chart entitled ‘Ethical Issues with Whodunits’. The Y axis is labelled ‘Intensity of Ethical Problem’. Problems include that crime fiction sets up brutality as a game/puzzle, centres the story on the killer and their supposed ingenuity, implie…

A series of bubbles of various sizes under the heading “Prevalence of Tropes“. The biggest bubble is ‘Lack of Grief’. Other large bubbles include ‘Red Herrings’, ‘Suspects gathered for final reveal’, ‘Police jump to incorrect conclusions’. Smaller b…

A histogram with the title ‘Death’, and both axis also titled ‘Death’. An amorphous red blob makes up the actual histogram.

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It's the second and final weekend of @openupsheffield! If you're in town, there are a lot of great studios open from 11am to 5pm, including a bunch at Trafalgar Studios, above Trafalgar Warehouse, where you can find me and others. We've got a sandwic

Didn’t think I’d find myself at a soundless electromagnetic rave near Stanage Edge tonight, but I couldn’t say no to this free show. I’ve never seen the roads out to the Peaks as packed as they were. I wish my eyes could pick

Dramatic news:
1) I have moved the vast majority of my creativity-aligned mess into a studio space at Trafalgar Works in Sheffield city centre.
2) You can visit my hopefully-less-chaotic-by-then studio when Trafalgar Studios opens its doors to the pu

A much-needed trip to Gardom’s Edge, one of my favourite places in the Peaks. Just managed to sneak in finding the fake Bronze Age rock before sunset.

#gardomsedge #gardomsedgerockart #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #peakdistrictwalks

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