I learn from Jon Swift that every February 3rd, the bloggerati enjoy a tradition dating back to neolithic times, where we celebrate the little guy and guyess in the Big Blogosphere with Blogroll Amnesty Day. Lo, about the time that fire was invented, when mobile phones were the size of a brick (completely wrecking the […]
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Not content with trying to starve out an entire population with the blockade on Gaza, Israel has now used the cover of the Christmas period to attack the Gazan people directly with massive air strikes. Since the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, 9 Israelis have been killed, while 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by
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John LeKay, Spiritus Calidus 1993 Damien Hirst, For The Love Of God 2007. Who knew you could spend £50 million in H. Samuel? News via Popbitch, Adam Macqueen and Private Eye that the Art World’s richest living ideas man, Damien Hirst, is suing a 16 year-old graffiti artist who used an image of Hirst’s diamond
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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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