If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been these past few weeks, I’m pleased to tell you that I’ve been picked up by two publications with the view to my contributing to the gaiety of their readers. The first is the New Internationalist which has taken me on as a columnist for their quarterly supplement, The […]
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I know one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, but it’s enlightening to unpack the process in 55 Days at Peking by which noble aims are turned into evil acts, and heroes and villains reversed. This cultural manipulation is still with us today as the US shapes the narratives to get the public on board for its imperialist war on China.
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This is what telly would look like if you gave an infinite number of internet sex-pests an infinite number of keyboards. Thank Who that someone at the BBC remembered to administer a big dose of Ritalin to Russell T Grant’s team for the new Torchwood, turning the hysteria down to “screeching” from 11, which is
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Passive? Dumbed-down? Moi? I was pulled up short yesterday, when I realised my viewing life is jam-packed with Big Brother, its offshoots, and high-end/high-concept DVD drama sets (American). The last movie I saw at a cinema was a CGI cartoon – Beowulf. Ooh, dragons. The last subtitled film I saw and enjoyed immensely, without major
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The wages of sin is money in the bank if you’re a former Prime Minister. I’m so incandescent I could light up north London after hearing the news that Blair has been given a $1 million per year job at JPMorgan, a US bank worth $1.5 trillion that has profited directly from the Iraq war.
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Is that poor wee bairn, solidarity, raising its orphan head over in the City of Angels? Astoundingly, actors are refusing to cross the striking writers’ picket lines, meaning no designer frocks on loan, no goody bags and no awards ceremony as this year’s Golden Globes is cancelled. Instead, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation
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