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Having graduated from a full time course almost two years ago, I joined a part-time masters course at the same university. The Council, having the graduates best interests at heart immediately sent a Council Tax arrears notice for the amount of £845 - including a 25% discount for living with a full-time student. It should be noted that the full-time student is also my girlfriend, or was until a couple of days ago. I decided it was a good idea to inform the council that I was unemployed, received some support from family members to make ends meet and thus was unable to cough up the amount required. Polite as they were, they informed me that there was no possible way for me to avoid paying the amount in full or in one installment. Overcoming my initial excitement of choices, I repeated that I do not have the extra cash and was unable to pay. Joyfully, they informed me that I had to fill out an application for housing benefit . A housing benefit is given to people of no or low income to ...

Upon crossing the road, the man coming the other way stopped and faced the opposite way of the traffic. His outfit was that of a homeless person yet his accent was most posh. He said in a loud voice: "There is an influx of unemployed aristocrats".

Just a reminder that 1-2-3-4, an art gig at Fabrica Gallery in Brighton, is taking place this Friday (18th) at 7pm. Featuring "five artists who use music performance as an integral component of their practice". The artists are former Turner prize winner Martin Creed, the Apathy Band, the Barefoot Lone Pilgrim aka David Blandy, the Coolness, and Plastique Fantastique. A discussion on the subject of interdisciplinary practice (music and visual art) will take place on Thursday 28th January 2010 at the Sallis Benney Theater, University of Brighton. The discussion will include some of the performing artists from the gig. The event is selling out rather quickly so be sure to book your tickets quickly by visiting this website . Or try getting them from Grey Area , Fabrica , or Resident . A limited print booklet of the event will also be available at the night of the event, designed by yours truly. So be sure to take some extra cash with you. The event is curated by Daniel Pryde-Jarm...

The old man knocks on the door asking to register for voting. In receiving the reply that we don't vote, he asks where we're from. He asks whether Cyprus is in the E.U. Regardless of my positive answer, he turns the registration page to consult the official statement on the matter. It seems that Cyprus is not in the E.U, even though he was under the impression that it was. Obviously, the authority has not amended their papers yet, as this was the case again last year and the year before that. But wait, something else appears, Cyprus is part of the Commonwealth . Better than nothing. I should fill out the form with all residents living in the house who are eligible to vote. Sign here with last name, and here with christian name. This is the yearly visit we get for voting. On the other hand, today I receive the fifth letter in the last one and a half weeks to pay for council tax. Seems like the old case of keep-out-of- our -affairs-give-us- your -money-we-will-still-mess-with- y...

Daphne 's interactive triptych on Mysticism, combining alchemical drawings and ideas into a very successful collage. The interactive files, being quite large cannot be found online. Instead we have uploaded them as animations.