Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Well red
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a book celebrating the primary colour's use in architecture
Paper Bridge
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
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Red: Architecture in Monochrome
(Phaidon, £29.95)
THE COLOUR red has impacted on human creativity since time immemorial, from Palaeolithic cave painting in Spain, aboriginal Australian art and Pompeii’s villa frescos to the memorable El Lissitzky 1919 poster Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge.
Carminic acid, extracted from cochineal insects, was the dye used by Inca and Aztec elites and was worth its weight in gold to the conquistadors, who introduced it to Europe. They shipped 72 metric tonnes of it to Seville in 1587 alone.
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