Arts

Lines of Defence

Spot the difference between these two photographs, taken from the same spot just about one year apart.

Lines of Defence was a site-specific installation on the coast at Bawdsey. Thirty-eight flags were planted in the earth at the top of the cliff while a camera recorded their fall into the sea as the waves nibbled its way seventeen metres inland.

The camera's been removed now, but a stop motion film of the work has been released. I particularly like the white flag of surrender which found its way to the site during the last week of the year-long project.

(See also Teeth come to the eyes, a companion piece.)

Tech

Sacrificed

Well well, it looks as if someone in the Treasury has finally wised up to the inequality of salary sacrifice.

The Treasury says it is closing down the scheme because it has benefited too many higher rate tax payers (who saved proportionately more). It plans to shift the focus on improving internet access for the unemployed and pensioners.

Let's hope this new focus on bridging the "digital divide" actually hits the mark instead of giving discounts to the rich once more.