postcard #50. Library

General Sciences Library, Ho Chi Minh City, May 2018 The other day I paid a quick visit to the General … More

postcard #49. remnants

Imprisonment exhibition, War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City May 2018 These are just some preliminary thoughts about the museum … More

postcard #37. All too human

We are all human. Koestler Awards Spirit Level, Southbank, October 2016 This was the fourth year running I had visited … More

postcard #30.vinegar

Reading Charles Dickens’ Uncommercial Traveller, July 2016 My summer reading this year included Charles Dickens’ The Uncommercial Traveller (published in … More

postcard #15. shopping

CAPIC Showroom, Tokyo, July 2015 Prisons in Japan have their own stores attached where it is possible to buy products … More

postcard #34. Pop-Up

Koestler Trust Pop-Up Art Sale Wormwood Scrubs, London, UK July 2016 Last Saturday, I visited the Koestler Trust Pop-Up art … More

postcard #5. Toys

The Prison-Toy-Industry April 2014 Roland Barthes offered the following critique of the toy industry back in the late 1950s: ‘Invented … More

postcard #22. Reformed

RE:FORM Exhibition, Koestler Trust Offender Arts Awards Southbank Centre, London, November 2015 This was the 8th Annual awards exhibition put … More

postcard #31. Debt

York Castle Museum, York, UK June 2016 Having now sought out prison museums, exhibitions, attractions and repurposed prison architecture in … More

postcard #29. Cakes of Soap

La Conciergerie, Paris, France June 2016 Compared to the UK, there are very few prison museums in France and it … More

postcard #9. Fortress Europe (part 1)

Dungeons of the Seven Towers (Yedikule), Istanbul December 2014 Built in 1458 by adding 3 towers to 4 existing ones, … More

postcard #23. The Carceral Model

Chiayi Prison Museum, Taiwan December 2015 Chiayi is a small city about 1 ¾ hours by High Speed Rail from … More