Category: Blog
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Come and find me on Substack
If you’d like to read my articles you’ll find me on Substack: substack.com/@lizsmithpage75
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I Was Arrested by the Thought Police. In the UK.
Being arrested for a crime I might commit in the future, that I wasn’t intending to commit, sounds like something you might read in a novel by George Orwell. I didn’t expect that to happen to me in the UK in 2023, but that is precisely what happened.
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Join me at London cop – 9 Dec 2023
At 5pm I’ll be speaking on a panel is devoted to the way artists, filmmakers and musicians are responding to the climate crisis. I will be showing a clip from one of our upcoming films.
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Legal But Harmful
What are we willing to tolerate to protect free speech? “Legal but harmful” – This isn’t protection from cancel culture, it’s child abuse.
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How Resilient IS Gen Z?
In some ways, Gen Z is extremely resilient. I think we often underestimate how truly challenging it is to grow up in a world of 24/7 connectivity and social media. They are the guinea pig generation for the mobile digital technology age and thus they’re having to develop their own version of resilience in a…
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The rise of Illiberalism in Gen Z
We are seeing evidence of the rise of illiberalism across all age groups, it’s just more difficult to unpack in the context of Gen Z because, in many ways, they seem far more accepting of difference than older cohorts.
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What’s Going On In Your Head Christmas Special
The end of the year is upon us, and what a curious year it has been. As we look back on the ups, downs, and betweens, our talented performers and engaged audience stand out. What better way therefore than to end the year with a Christmas Special celebrating the performers and our Zoom audience from the 2020…
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Register for our September show
Registration now open for our show in September on the theme of neurodiversity
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Loss – 19 June 2020
Originally posted on What's Going On In Your Head?: On 19th June 2020 our online jam was on the theme of loss. Loss is a bit of an immense subject and we were steered through many different aspects of it by a truly talented and engaging group of performers. If you want to watch…
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Kindess Show
Originally posted on What's Going On In Your Head?: On 19 May 2020 our show was on the theme of kindness and it was a night of firsts. If you couldn’t join us, or you want to watch parts of it again, head over to our Facebook page where you can relive the live…
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Hope – 19 April 2020
Originally posted on What's Going On In Your Head?: Our second online jam was on the theme of hope and 10 very special performers filled us with hope and connection through their poetry, music, comedy and live drawings. A silver lining of having to run our shows online is that people are able to…
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“Let’s Talk About The Dangers of Social Media” Event – 12 November 2019
On 12th November 2019 I am hosting the monthly “Let’s Talk About …” event in London. We will be debating the dangers of social media. If you would like to attend click here to be added to the guest list. The panelists include Dr Paul Marsden, psychologist, Jonathan Garner founder of Mind Over Tech and…
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Why This Matters
Originally posted on SwipeLeftForAddiction: Tech is advancing fast, our behaviours are already being modified by it, our privacy is being wholly undermined and our lives are being manipulated more and more by unaccountable forces. “We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way it can happen is if…
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The Podcast, Episode 4 – The Secret Inner Workings of the Mind
Originally posted on The Secret Illness: https://soundcloud.com/secretillness/secret-illness-episode-4-mixdown This episode is an edited recording of a live event The Secret Illness ran in November 2018 at London’s hClub. It features poetry and music performances from people living with OCD and some incredibly frank and open discussion about their experiences of the disorder.
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The Podcast, Episode 3 – OCD Feels Like
Originally posted on The Secret Illness: https://soundcloud.com/secretillness/episode-3-ocd-feels-like This episode came out of a creative experiment. At this year’s OCDAction conference in London we set up an audio booth and asked delegates to record, anonymously, what OCD feels like to them. If you like our podcast series don’t forget to rate it on whatever platform you…
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