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Short voice notes by Alla Davies. On art, image, taste, age, irritation, humour, and the hidden systems beneath culture, beauty, and value. Official website: https://boldages.com

Episodes

  1. 4D AGO

    Convenient. No More.

    It starts with a line on a T-shirt. It ends with a less polite question: what if age is not the real shock — what if convenience is?

    12 min
  2. Beautiful. And Edited.

    MAY 7

    Beautiful. And Edited.

    A morning trip to The Devil Wears Prada 2, a huge popcorn, forty minutes of expensive boredom, and one sharper question underneath it all: how much of ourselves do we edit just to stay acceptable? A note on beautiful emptiness, social editing, and the price of fitting in.

    9 min

  3. APR 29

    Signal. Not Self.

    Almost everything now comes pre-packaged to be read. Even mess. Even irony. Even not wanting to be seen. This episode asks what is left when style becomes signal — and whether anything can still exist as a private code, not a public performance.

    9 min

  4. APR 22

    Private. On Display.

    A sharp note after Tracey Emin at Tate. On pain, institutions, value, and what happens when private life stops being private and becomes cultural currency.

    8 min

  5. APR 15

    Taste. Or Not.

    Everyone says taste is subjective. I’m not sure that gets them off the hook. A piece about preference, measure, appetite, restraint, and whether taste is something real — or just a word people use when they don’t want to distinguish one thing from another.

    15 min

  6. APR 7

    Beautiful. And Dead.

    Beauty is easy now. Pulse is harder. A piece about perfume, people, art, false atmosphere, and the difference between something that looks alive and something that actually breathes.

    9 min

  7. APR 1

    Among People. Not Available.

    London. Perfume. Mayfair. Small boutiques, department stores, and the difference between attention and intrusion. A piece about beauty, pressure, boundaries, and wanting to be among people without being available to them.

    9 min
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Short voice notes by Alla Davies. On art, image, taste, age, irritation, humour, and the hidden systems beneath culture, beauty, and value. Official website: https://boldages.com

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  • Creator
    Alla Davies
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Alla Davies
  • Show Website
    The Bottle