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• Lars Von Trier Attempts to Put Those Nazi Remarks in Context

  

  Alexander Skarsgard and Kirsten Dunst in Lars von Trier's new film, MelancholiaLars von Trier, the film director, achieved a certain kind of notoriety in May... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Lars Von Trier: Nazi Remarks in Context?

  

  Alexander Skarsgard and Kirsten Dunst in Lars von Trier's new film, MelancholiaLars von Trier, the film director, achieved a certain kind of notoriety in May... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Facebook Profits Soar: How Worried Should Google Be?

  

  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Photo Credit: Scott Beale Watch out Google: Facebook is on the march. The social networking giant –whose profitability was... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIETY, TECH

• Now Where’s Gaddafi? The Search Continues

  

  Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Photo credit: B.R.Q.They seek him here, they seek him there, those Libyan rebels seek him everywhere. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Slumming It: Housing Crisis Deepens, Planning Laws Attacked

  

  The housing shortage in Britain is escalating. The government's new planning reforms, intended to remedy this, have come under fire from various quarters. It's ... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Ban on Gay Blood to Be Lifted?

  

  Is the ban on gay men giving blood about to be lifted? As new evidence suggests that it's not necessary, the gay community says about time too. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 CURRENT, HEALTH, LGBTQ, SOCIETY

• The Booker Prize: Taste Over Judgement?

  

  Sophocles: Should have been a Booker judge: Photocredit Fotopedia.I think the Booker Prize judges are out to get me. When the longlist came out, I threatened... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Ryan Gosling Starring Drive Drives the Critics Crazy in Love

  

  Ryan Gosling starring arty action film Drive has mostly delighted the critics. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Is the Mercury Prize Cursed?

  

  PJ Harvey is the first artist to win the Mercury Prize twice. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• Yahoo’s Carol Bartz Ousted: What Next for the Internet Giant?

  

  Yahoo Inc. has given the heave-ho to its CEO Carol Bartz. What was she sacked for? And what next for the once mighty internet behemoth, now facing competition... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• George Osborne Sticks to His Guns Over Deficit Reduction, Rejects Calls for...

  

  Newly-crowned GQ politician of the year George Osborne says economic recovery has been 'slower and choppier' than expected but UK remains 'ahead of the curve.' Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remembering 9/11: Time to Move On?

  

  Memorial at the World Trade Center. Photocredit: Ross2085 http://www.flickr.com/photos/9610484@N05/845688271/sizes/m/in/photostream/On 11th September 2001, the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Booker Prize Shortlist: Alan Hollinghurst Omission Causes Trouble

  

  As the Man Booker shortlist is announced, controversy sparks off in the normally sedate literary world. Favourite Alan Hollinghurst is off the cards, leaving... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Emerges as Pick of the Venice Film Festival

  

  John Le Carre adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has gone down a treat at the Venice Film Festival. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Can England Win the Rugby World Cup?

  

  If Jonny Wilkinson is at his very best, England could just upset the odds and win the Rugby World Cup. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• US Jobs Crisis Leaves President Barack Obama on the Ropes

  

  Obama's approval ratings have slumped to the lowest yet since he became US president. Starting with his speech to Congress on Thursday he needs to rediscover hi... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where Did All Amy Winehouse’s Money Go?

  

  Sources are frantically telling the tabloids where they reckon Winehouse lost millions went. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CELEB, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Did a ‘feral Underclass’ Spearhead the Riots?

  

  Hackney, London, August 9, 2011. Photo credit: Alexander TsangaridesWriting in The Guardian, Clarke said that three-quarters of the convicted rioters over age 1... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 9/11 Tenth Anniversary: Remembering the Twin Towers

  

  Twin Towers, New York, 1980. Photo credit: Stuart McKenna http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartmckenna/3995547811/sizes/z/in/photostream/According to MethTwin... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• How The 9/11 Terror Attacks Changed The World

  

  Ground Zero, New York City, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2001). Photo credit: slagheap Neocons still stuck in the mud. It has largely been left to members of the Bush... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY