Out on our morning constitutional today we had pause to consider how everyone (apart from joggers and cyclists) are suddenly moving towards away from each other, suddenly curving paths that a few months ago would’ve … Read More
Evolution(ism…)
I was asked by a student for her thesis last week how has editing a magazine evolved over the last few decades. Now we might think evolution suggests that things improve over time but really … Read More
Kassandra (Complete Version)
We always like to have an expanded, full or (for people of a certain generation or inclination) a 12 inch remix of our Submission Call or Editorial. Space sometimes doesn’t allow for a complete articulation … Read More
Here we go again…
Apologies for the lack of 1979 activity. There’s has been a lot of Abridged-ness and a major archive called HUMAN which will be live soon that have been taking up our time. But we’ll be … Read More
Looking Forward to the Past…
We’re approaching the Abridged’s 15th year so we are looking back (and forward) a little… There has been quite a bit in the newspapers recently about the lack of the working class in the arts. … Read More
Control Circuits…
We’ve just unleashed Abridged 0 – 54: Control onto the world. We hope you enjoy it. In 2004 when we started the Abridged the intention was to explore through poetry and art we used to … Read More
Out of Control
As a taster for the new issue we present the Control Editorial. Leviathan is the thing below the surface, the strange and unseen, the monster of the other element, of a liquid world that slips … Read More
Losing Control
“Our weapon is a holy weapon,’ Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, the former spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church, wrote on Facebook. “The Kalashnikov rifle is a symbol of the creative genius of our people,” President Vladimir … Read More
A Brand New Darkness
A Brand New Darkness is inspired by The Reptile House E.P by the iconic Leeds based group The Sisters of Mercy. The title comes from a verse in the song Lights: The lights shine clear … Read More
Whatever happened to You?
This Abridged Submission Call is essentially the bit in the Wizard of Oz if it was remade now where somebody says: ‘Actually Dorothy, you’re still in Kansas.’ The only way out is the road that … Read More