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This article considers Bolton based community drama group, Melodramatics, and the ways in which their practice helps illuminate forms of relational activity that confront the nihilism of the resilient subject. If we accept resilience as a normative force that restricts the ability of the political subject to 'become otherwise', we are invited to turn towards methods of political discourse that facilitate subversive thought and activity at an ontological level. Through a consideration of Melodramatics' careful attention to one another as they devised the play Seeing Red, this article examines the capacity for theatre to resource politically significant practices of relational becoming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses nihilism as it relates to contemporary urban multiculture in outer East London. It addresses how contemporary discourses on, and performances of, nihilism signal shifts in the constitution of urban multiculture. Attention is paid to acts of anti-sociability (and sociability) for what they reveal about contemporary urban rearrangement, and in particular the re-formation of urban multiculture in a moment defined by globalization, virtual communication, ethnic diversity and neoliberal marginalization. Through addressing discourses on, and performances of, nihilism the overall argument of the paper is for a renewal of the terms on which we understand and engage with urban multiculture, and for an appreciation of how relations between class, race and culture have shifted since key texts on the subject were published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Much investment has been put into facilities for early cancer diagnosis. It is difficult to know how successful this investment has been. New facilities for rapid investigation in the UK have not reduced mortality, and may cause delays in diagnosis of patients with low-risk, or atypical, symptoms. In part, the failure of new facilities to translate into mortality benefits can be explained by five misconceptions. These are described, along with suggested research and organisational remedies. The first misconception is that cancer is diagnosed in hospitals. Consequently, secondary care data have been used to drive primary care decisions. Second, GPs are thought to be poor at cancer diagnosis, yet the type of education on offer to improve this may not be what is needed. Third, symptomatic cancer diagnosis has been downgraded in importance with the introduction of screening, yet screening identifies only a small minority of cancers. Fourth, pressure is put on GPs to make referrals for those with an individual high risk of cancer -- disenfranchising those with 'low-risk but not no-risk' symptoms. Finally, considerable nihilism exists about the value of early diagnosis, despite considerable observational evidence that earlier diagnosis of symptomatic cancer is beneficial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article argues the profound connections of punk in England which people thought the group was related to a critique of stadium rock or to the disillusionment of a generation. According to the author, the punk in the country was driven by two Jewish managers, Malcolm McLaren and Bernie Rhodes and their general politics of nihilism express in a cultural context the shock and trauma of the Holocaust.

The article discusses on the arguments concerning the ethical standards for jokes. The issue regarding the morality of jokes became interesting when the Great Britain introduces a legislation that condemns incitement to religious hatred. In response, comedian Rowan Atkinson complained that such law would have a damaging effect on comedians. Some Christians, such as Father Roger Arguile, claimed that comedy could be a tool to prevent nihilism and anarchism.