The Scramble for Wealth

We must expect for a long time yet to see capitalists still striving to obtain the highest possible profits.

Lots Road Power Station, Kensington & Chelsea, SW10

But observe, that the passion for wealth is certainly in some senses new. It grew up very rapidly at the beginning of the present century; it was not so strong in the last century, when men were much more content to lead a quiet easy life of leisure.

Lots Road Power Station, Kensington & Chelsea, SW10

The change has really influenced the relations between men; but in the future it is quite possible that the scramble for wealth may grow less intense, and a change in the opposite direction take place.

From Arnold Toynbee’s Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England (1884)

The Arab Spring

Events in the Arab world are being covered by the Western media more extensively than ever before and are being talked about positively in a fashion that is unprecedented.

FRONTLINE: A Year of Journalism and Conflict, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Westminster, WC2R

Before, when anything Muslim or Middle Eastern or Arab was reported on, it was almost always with a heavy negative connotation.

FRONTLINE: A Year of Journalism and Conflict, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Westminster, WC2R

Now, during this Arab spring, this has ceased to be the case.

FRONTLINE: A Year of Journalism and Conflict, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Westminster, WC2R

An area that was a byword for political stagnation is witnessing a rapid transformation that has caught the attention of the world.

FRONTLINE: A Year of Journalism and Conflict, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Westminster, WC2R

Rashid Khalidi’s The Arab Spring, The Nation (2011)