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• Prime Minister’s Questions: The Game

  

  Developer Mark Richards has turned Commons's weekly grudge match into pixelated gold with his new game, Prime Minister's Question Time. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, GAMING, SOCIETY, TECH

• This Financial Armageddon is About Politics, Not Economy

  

  Up in smoke. Photo credit: PurpleslogWhile London burns to the ground, hundreds of thousands die in Somalia’s famines, and the Sun appears ready to rain... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• London Riots: Who Are the Rioters? And What Do the They Want?

  

  What's motivating the rioters? Can the police cope? Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Sarah’s Key: Moving Or Mawkish?

  

  Sarah's Key, a Holocaust drama starring Kristen Scott Thomas, pulls no punches - but is it suffering from its grimness? Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• London Riots: Seven Truly Heart-warming Responses to the Madness

  

  Riots has verged on all-out anarchy in recent days. But the response by the majority of Londoners to the riots has been heart-warming. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• London Riots: Six Truly Heart-warming Responses to the Madness

  

  A Sainsburys worker dishes out free pastries to clean-up volunteers in Clapham. Photo credit: Kay Burgess TwitpicWatching the rolling news through Monday... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• At 9 Months Pregnant, I Want to Know: Who is Going to Stop the Riots?

  

  Husks of burnt out cars in Ealing. Photo credit: Erik Hartberg, http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainsticky/6024742035/in/photostream/I was between contractions... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Could the London Riots Burn Down David Cameron’s Premiership?

  

  Britain needs a leader: can Cameron meet the challenge? Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Cultural Roots of the London Riots, Psychological Malaise, and Freedom

  

  Riots on the streets of Tottenham. Photo credit: Nico Hogg, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/6018692165/Freedom comes from self-regulation, not... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Charlie Sheen to Die in ‘meat Explosion’ on Two and a Half Men

  

  Charlie Sheen's Two and a Half Men character is facing a grisly end; but is the star still winning? Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• How BBM, Twitter and Facebook May – Or May Not – Have Had a Role in the London...

  

  Parts of London went up in flames this weekend, following the fatal police shooting of a Tottenham man. But are Blackberry Messenger, Twitter and Facebook to... Read more

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

• As Texas Governor Rick Perry Holds Prayer Rally for 30,000 People, Does...

  

  Thirty thousand people attended presidential hopeful Rick Perry's prayer rally in Texas; how much influence does Christianity have on US politics? Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Syrian Unrest: Arab League Finally Finds Voice to Condemn Assad Regime

  

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo credit: PanArmenian PhotoSyrian President Bashar al-Assad latest ruthless suppression of anti-government protests,... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• World Wide Web Turns 20, Mega LOLz Ensue

  

  The World Wide Web has just turned twenty; here are the top ten contributions it has made to human knowledge. Hint: porn. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• French Engineer Suggests Harvesting Icebergs as Solution to Drought

  

  It's just so crazy it might work: Could towing an iceberg to drought-stricken Africa solve the area's water crisis? Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Sun to Rain Death from Above in Solar Storms

  

  The next Armageddon: Solar storms to knock out electrical systems, telecommunications, satellites, so stock up on tins of tuna and baked beans now! Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 ASTRONOMY, CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• US Credit Rating Downgrade Rocks European Markets, European Central Bank Responds

  

  Standard & Poor's credit rating downgrade of the US has begun to bite the European markets. To try and ease the pressure, the European Central Bank has... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• S&P; Downgrades US Credit Rating: Whose Fault Was It?

  

  John Boehner and Barack Obama. Well, it happened: Just like it warned, credit ratings agency Standard Poor’s downgraded US government debt from AAA to AA+, th... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• London Riots Rock Tottenham, Brixton. Is Britain Broken?

  

  This weekend, London was disrupted by some of the worst rioting in decades. Were the riots the work of opportunist criminals or an expression of wider societal... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Rangers Are Back! Queens Park Rangers Return to the Premier League

  

  QPR fans celebrate a goal at Cardiff. Photo credit: Jon CandyQueens Park RangersPremier LeagueLet’s go back to the early nineties, to the early years of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 SPORTS