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Based in the capital of the United Kingdom (London, for the uninitiated), Joseph is a writer, photographer, musician (singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist, and produces on the very odd occasion), IT professional with a decade's worth of experience, and mature student at the University of Westminster computer games development (BSc Hons). When he's not taking photos, you can safely assume he's working on something as part of one of the aforementioned roles he holds or trying to foil various plots to take over the world.
Joseph Guthriereflects on the powerful legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Imagine using your entire being to be the conduit for revolution only to have your legacy ultimately diluted by the same people you resisted.
Here before us we have Yeezus - the first album of 2013 to generate the kind of hype that would make even the most far-removed hip hop listener curious enough to see what the fuss is about and if the largely universal critical acclaim is justified or merely just critics having an elitist circle jerk that leaves people alienated with differing opinions and perceptions.
by Joseph Guthrie It was the film everyone was talking about for months on end. Django Unchained had taken the world by storm and Quentin Tarantino had once again made a cultural masterpiece it seemed; another ultra-violent instant classic Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Christoph Waltz - who won an...
by Joseph Guthrie When it comes to award shows and how they never fail to cave to the pressure of industry politics, few things actually surprise me. The 56th annual Grammy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles was every bit of the mixed bag I expected it to be, delivering a few brilliant moments amidst...
by Joseph Guthrie When the news broke about Akon's initiative to bring solar power to 600 million Africans, social media was awash with praise and mainstream media felt compelled to spread the word. The Senegalese-American recording artist/entrepreneur officially became the face of the plan that he had dropped hints about for a year.
or the incessant need for *PWIs to make black icons "safer" by Joseph Guthrie Throughout my lifetime, there are three things that have continued to remain a permanent mainstay in society: Politicians are the masters of manipulation. It's always darkest before dawn. When an iconic black activist dies, mainstream media rush in to distort said...
by Joseph Guthrie Last month on a balmy Friday night I was treated to the launch of Siana Bangura's debut book of poetry, Elephant. Elephant captures Bangura's compassion for life - her own and those of the people around her wherever her travels have taken her.
by Joseph Guthrie The Olympics: a sporting event where astonishing feats of athleticism are performed inside stunning venues, boasting some of the finest architecture, this year residing in a picturesque city, which is awash with bombastic international pageantry and a litany of corporate branding. Quite literally the festival of sport, the Olympic Games are simultaneously...
by Joseph Guthrie "Patriotism ruins history," Johann Wolfgang van Goethe once famously quipped and whether you agree or not, it is at the very least the penultimate tool that many people utilise in order to extrapolate their sense of superiority over the rest of humanity. It has been used to "justify" atrocities from the genocide...