Elena Vanden Abeele investigates the functions, symbols and hidden meanings behind the parsol in the 19th century.
In January 2016, a scandal broke out in the UK when the Times reported that asylum seekers’ homes could be identified by distinctive red doors, making them vulnerable to attacks. Coincidentally – but not where signs and the political are concerned – A Process Philosophy of Signs opens with an account of threatening identification on doors.
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By Richard Wallace The work of John Cura is a fascinating side-note in the history of British television. Between 1947…