Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four …
Well, I have a deep disdain for them [Tony and Cherie]. I couldn’t bear that grinning, money-hungry, beaming, Cliff Richard-loving, Berlusconi-adoring, guitar-playing …
Yes, you read that right. Release your inner anarchist in a Sid Vicious meets Agyness Deyn ensemble That sound you can hear …
My good friend let off from soaking in the mortal bath long enough to send me an email and, having been moved …
Reconstructing 3/11 is live. But what is Reconstructing 3/11 all about, you might ask? The team that brought you #quakebook has come …
Japan remembers. One year on. Fishing boats in Kobuchihama, Oushika penninsular, Miyagi Prefecture March 2012
For someone who sat on the sidelines cheering on the revolution of 12 months ago and who still wishes to see Egyptians …
Writing about doomed literary loves isn’t really in keeping with the spirit of the day, as everyone loves a happy ever after, …
Yet another reason for me to be missing Liverpool! If you are fortunate enough to be in my home town at the …
Palms feeling clammy and drenched, pulse doing cartwheels, heart close to my teeth, fighting an urge to run back from the edge …
Bankers, the targets for so much vilification, are not usually noted as great philosophers. But perhaps they have been judged unfairly if …
