Kate Reardon

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Kate Reardon

I find myself in a car park in Birmingham. Surprisingly, I’m standing next to a pile of horse poo that is taller than me while drinking pink champagne. I’m exhausted, my body feels as though Earth’s gravity has at least doubled. It’s only 9.30 in the morning and I’ve already eaten an egg sandwich, a three-sausage bap and a pastry with the heft of Giant Haystacks’s forearm, so loaded with icing that my pancreas may never produce enough insulin to fully process it. I’m not hallucinating.

3 weeks ago | voicemag.uk | Kate Reardon

Headless Population shows the extent to which technology is dominating our lives. The characters are ignorant to their surroundings as they’re looking down at their phones. Carswell underscores this eye-opening animation, highlighting how people are missing the beauty of nature. The opening sequence pictures a person, without a phone, enjoying the company of nature. We hear the birds and the trees, making the animation come to life.

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Kate Reardon

The very best job in the world must be being an AA man. Yes, you may spend much of your working life in the cold, wind, rain, darkness and millimetres from certain death or maiming by collision with speeding cars on the very edge of a motorway — but everyone is unequivocally delighted to see you. Can you imagine going to work, knowing that every single person you encounter will greet you beaming, pathetically grateful that you simply turned up for work today?

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Kate Reardon

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