I’ve noticed a new trend the world of celebrity, which I think might be somehow significant, or at least interesting. Celebrities, when they are publicly revealed to hold bigoted opinions (based on religion, sexuality or race), now seem to be developing a standard damage-limitation method, as a way of assuaging media outrage…
They get counselling. Their […]
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Here’s to another great century of the “fair-go” nation!
Remarkably, this week even The Economist has decided to face the fact that some of us are getting “shafted by globalised capitalism”.
The lead article discusses the fact that in the recent years of sustained GDP growth, profits have soared while wages have remained stagnant. In the 1980s, American executives already earned 40 times what the […]
The Pursuit of Happyness is a film recently released in the UK, starring Will Smith, and based on the true story of a working-class black man who aspires to be a stock-broker.
The film has received considerable critical claim, and seems to be quite popular with audiences - as reflected in a 7.6 score on the […]
Total Cardboard no.8 - Crimes & Miracles
Total Cardboard 8 has been a year in the making. Starting from a disparate collection of writings by desperate and fearless individuals, it gradually coalesced around the loose theme of ‘crimes and miracles’, until it created enough momentum of its own to produce this beautiful printed journal.
Now a midnight-lamp-burning […]
The internet is becoming enclosing. Having all the information right in front of you, there is no chance for the mind to wander, to follow its own paths.
Sitting on a train back in to London, it’s a bit weird watching men in suits sleep.
We all realise different things at different moments.
I’ve been getting quite addicted to Flickr.com lately. I personally vote it to be the most fun site on the internet.
I’ve just uploaded some new photos, of Lanzarote.
Before the Spanish came to the Canary Islands, on their way to conquering South America, there was a people known as the Guanches living throughout the islands. They are thought to have descended from a mixture of northern European and west African peoples, and there is evidence suggesting that many of them had dark skin […]