January 11, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Mad Melanie Phillips has pulled ahead in the Weblog Awards but Created in Birmingham can still stop the gong going to a right-wing harpie who appears to enjoy nothing more than stirring up racial tensions and pandering to the basest … Continue reading
January 9, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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(I’ll copy the offending article below the fold, for those who are interested. And for non-UK readers who don’t know what Private Eye is, it’s the UK’s best satirical political magazine – and also one of the few publications to … Continue reading
January 5, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Update: Actually, scrap that. Vote for Created in Birmingham instead. Never heard of them before, but they seem to have the best chance of preventing mad borderline racist Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips from winning. Last year the Best UK … Continue reading
December 30, 2008
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How exciting. Last time was 2005, when I did singularly poorly in the face of tough competition. This time I’m up against the usual suspects of Dale and Guido (each with a daily readership that this blog would struggle to … Continue reading
December 19, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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As The Economist shuts its EU-focussed blog, a look at the commercial prospects for EU and specialist online media Continue reading
December 8, 2008
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Without an honest, open understanding of our pasts – both individual and collective – how can we possibly hope to build a better future? Continue reading
November 26, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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On Zizek, multiculturalism, the EU and rising political disengagement Continue reading
November 21, 2008
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That’d be Europeana, the EU’s digital cultural history portal, whose purpose is “bringing you digitised books, films, paintings, newspapers, sounds and archives from Europe’s greatest collections” (with more info on the development site). The project went live yesterday – and, … Continue reading
November 14, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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A subject worth another look every year or so – especially with EU elections looming in 2009 – is what sort of discussion (if any) the European Union is inspiring among its citizens. After all, I remain top Google result … Continue reading
November 2, 2008
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It surely can’t just be me who didn’t realise that Claude Levi-Strauss is still alive? His 100th birthday is coming up on the 28th, it would seem, and the TLS has a nice piece on him to celebrate.
October 16, 2008
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And from the most unlikely of sources – Britain’s leading terrestrial commercial television channel ITV. The self-same ITV that’s been kicking up a fuss over it’s obligation to provide “public service” programmes for the last year or more. So, following … Continue reading
September 24, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Of course, this is no doubt a lot more complicated than it appears at first glance, but nonetheless the apparent attempts to shut down UKIP press spokesman Gawain Towler’s long-running England Expects blog are to be heartily condemned. As the … Continue reading
September 17, 2008
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It’s about time, but the European Parliament just got that little bit more accessible to us members of the great unwashed with today’s launch of EuroparlTV. With subtitles and voiceovers in 23 languages, initial impressions are good, though I can’t … Continue reading
September 6, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Being labelled a left-wing blogger in Iain Dale’s latest unscientific guide to the world of British blogging is one thing (though something I was not alone in thinking was somewhat odd – check the comments below that list). Sometimes I … Continue reading