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Tropes
The latest YouTube craze is to take a common film or TV cliché or plot device and splice them together. Its a diverting way to highlight the many recurring scenes that we see in our media, the audio-visual grammar of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Internet Philosophy
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The Bookseller of Kabul
Dragging this sort of roman a clef into the court-room is a terrible precedent for free expression. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Human Rights, Middle East, Political Correctness
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WOMAD and Multiculturalism
One of the highlights of WOMAD last weekend was watching a comeback performance by the Afro-Celt Sound System, who rocked the tent on Sunday evening with a tight blend of two cultures. The undoubted crowd-pleaser was a three-way drum duel … Continue reading
Posted in Diary, Multiculturalism, Music
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Mieville on Teleporting
At the event on Tuesday night, I remarked that China Mieville and Cory Doctorow share an irritating trait, which is to lathe my own ideas into science fiction books, many years before I even have the thought for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Science, Space Travel
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Nick Clegg: Accidentally-on-Purpose
I wonder if his gaffes were as accidental as is being reported Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, Liberal Democrats, Media
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Doctorow/Mieville
Some photos from the event on Tuesday night Continue reading
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Trouble Looming over Burqa Ban
So, French MPs have voted to ban the burka. We know where this story will go next. Somewhere in France, a woman will engage in a piece of civil disobediance and enter a public space wearing her veil. She will … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Multiculturalism
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Free Speech in Parliament Square
If the authorities are genuinely concerned about hygeine then they should provide modest facilities for ablutions and waste disposal… thereby facilitating the protest, not hampering it. It would be unfair for residents of the City of Westminster, or Greater London, to foot the bill for this. Instead, UK taxpayers should pick up the tab. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, London
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Press Release from the Democracy Camp
Here’s a statement released by the folks from the Democracy Camp at Parliament Square. Continue reading
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Anti-Bribes
The Afghani policeman paying ‘anti-bribes’ reminds me of the Indian Zero Rupee bank-note. Continue reading
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