The Anglophile (Part I)

Desperation is a mark of natural aristocracy. I am in this respect a clean slate.

YESTERDAY

Tsunami or Earthquake.

BERNARD DEVLIN, "SAYS "BIG CUTS, TO COME IN THE UK, NHS TO SUFFER, BUT FOREIGN AID IS OK

( CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME )
The £3 billion civil servant “pay freeze” announced by Gordon Brown is exactly half of the foreign aid budget’s £6 billion spend on “improving health systems across the world’s poorest countries.”

Should 'historical' films be 'historically' accurate?

Some of the most popular films ever made are based on actual events. But do these films have a duty to accurately depict history as it really happened or sweep it aside for dramatic effect?

BERNARD DEVLIN, AGE CONCERNS OLD PEOPLE ROBBED TO PAY FOR CARE

MY AGED CONCERNS, WHY SHOULD IT BE THAT OLD PEOPLE HAVE TO SELL THEIR HOMES TO PAY FOR CARE ? care they have worked hard for all their lives

The 'Apathy Workshop' Has Been Cancelled Due To Lack Of Interest.

Random and ridiculous musings.

DECREASE

He becomes more.

UK Statistics Chief Withheld Vital Criminal Evidence Files - National Security Case

Sir Michael Scholar Chief Inspector of the UK Statistics Authority which reports crime statistics to the Home Office as a trusted public servant withheld vital evidential files in the US HM Crown Carroll Trust National Security Case....

The Keffiyeh and the West

Some of us wear it as a political statement, others as a fashion statement – but what’s the story behind the keffiyeh?

Is it a coincidence that I get more telephone calls

Is there some psychic power getting people to telephone me?

A Turkish Wedding

My mother( or rather pimp) makes me take part in the 'dance of the virgins' (I'm a 35 year old mother of one) at a wedding in order to find me a husband.

Climate Change: More than just hot air

Contradictions and inconsistencies in climate change theory only succeed in stalling the movement, and halting any greater understanding of the environmental problems we face.

Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: A Lot of Work, Very Little Actual Movie

Kubrick believed nobody had ever made a great historical film, and planned to change this with a three-hour epic, telling the story of the French emperor’s entire life.
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Graduation Blues

As a graduate of the recession I feel I have experienced the worst of it; the unpaid internships with few benefits, the distinct lack of funds and the coming-to-terms with Uni being over. Here is a taster of life after the mortar board.

Whatever You Do, Don't Open The Box.....

Adventures in my spam inbox (mainly penis enhancing related)

WITCH-CRAFT-WO-MAN-SHIP : MAAIKE MEKKING A/W COLLECTION 2010

A crowded warehouse in Soho plays host to Maaike Mekking's new collection for the evening. I popped along to see what all the fuss was about.

Irish unification: self-determination in action?

Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has argues at a party conference in London that the British presence in Northern Ireland is a "denial of the Irish people's right to self determination". Is he right?

Porn- It's All A Bit Wank Really.

A brief look at why porn and I don’t really make happy bedfellows.

Should 'historical' films be 'historically' accurate?

Some of the most popular films ever made are based on actual events. But do these films have a duty to accurately depict history as it really happened or sweep it aside for dramatic effect?

Fashion Week Attendee Trends

Forget the catwalk, it's the people attending the shows who dictate the trends.

Porn- It's All A Bit Wank Really.

A brief look at why porn and I don’t really make happy bedfellows.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

The increasing numbers of the beautiful Lionfish have been declared as a threat by causing a sea-change in the ocean's eco-system, but one man's 'solution' could cause untold damage.

There's no disguising it, I really don't like football

'Blokes' are expected to like football, but I'm afraid that I've never enjoyed it, I don't support any team and, to be honest, I'm quite proud of the fact.

Sex please. To go.

Aren't consumers a little more enlightened nowadays? Shouldn't advertisers be striving for creativity a little less...base?

What Would You Do To Make London A Better Place?

Co-Create London would like you to answer a question, ‘What Would You Do To Make London a Better Place?’ The best ideas and solutions will be presented to the Mayor. To submit ideas and vote for your favourites please visit www.cocreatelondon.com

Weight Just One Minute

Skinny Models? Runway Fashions? Pass me the cake and leave me to it. Where are all the curvy models?

Object, object to Lads’ Mags/Newspapers – Part 2 Teen Mags to Lads’ Mags

This is the second in a series looking at reports done by the campaigning body, Object, into lads' mags, and their relationship to the objectification in society that women face.

Rules are broken for a reason - is this one good enough?

Given that his official prognosis is that he may only have weeks left to live, 19 year old Gareth Anderson has very little chance of sweating out the required period of abstinence and becoming eligible for the a liver transplant. Why?

History of the world in 100 museums.

Am I alone in thinking that the sub-text of the BBC/British Museum media extravaganza "History of the World in 100 Objects" is actually the text, and the real message is that all the loot in the BM should stay there.

The Modern Woman.

A portrait of the "Modern Woman".