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• Viral Video: Watch Every One of Lionel Messi’s 222 Barcelona Goals

  

  Barcelona attacking players Cesc Fabregas (l) and Lionel Messi (r). Photo credit: Globovision Lionel Messi is widely regarded as the greatest football player... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS, VIRAL

• Five Memorable Moments from the 2012 Oscars

  

  Sacha Baron Cohen on the red carpet, Oscars 2012 Some critics have slammed the 2012 Oscars as an all-round snooze-fest. “All that TV and film expertise, that... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Can Liverpool’s Edgy Carling Cup Win Over Cardiff Propel the Club to Another...

  

  Anfield, the home of Liverpool Football Club. Photo credit: AndyNugent Liverpool Football Club has won the Carling Cup after edging out plucky Championship... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Artist and Hugo Dominate the Academy Awards

  

  The show was short on surprises but full of feel-good moments Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 CELEB, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• The Sun on Sunday: Less Filthy Than The News of the World, and More Boring

  

  The Sun on Sunday launches The Sunday edition of The Sun launched yesterday and early reports are that it has sold well. News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch, who has... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Book Review: I’d Rather Be in Charge: A Legendary Business Leader’s Roadmap for...

  

  I'd Rather Be In Charge by Charlotte Beers. One of the most profound, defining moments of my career was when I worked as a Special Assistant to Charlotte Beers... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Going Underground: Are Urban Explorers Taking Freedom to Roam Too Far? Or is...

  

  The disused Aldwych Station. Photo credit: Annie Mole, http://www.flickr.com/photos/anniemole/5029006469/in/set-72157625044252934 Reports at the end of last wee... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Getting Real, Sustainable Solutions with Social Entrepreneurship

  

  Patti Kurz with Muhammad Yunus, the father of microfinancing. Photo credit: Patti Kurz When I tell people that I’m studying for a Master in Social... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Responsibility’: David Cameron’s Favourite New Word Unveiled in Business in...

  

  David Cameron. Photo credit: BisGovUk, http://www.flickr.com/photos/bisgovuk/6845934969/ Frequently speeches are about introducing a language that leaders hope... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Taken out of Context: BBC Wins Right to Air Child Pornography?

  

  Casetboy vs. the News. The ability to edit well is a very dangerous thing. Currently making the internet rounds this week is a slickly edited mash-up video take... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Japan, Nearly a Year After the Tsunami: Fascinating Photos from The Atlantic

  

  Tsunami destruction in Sendai. Photo credit: Robert De Vido, www.flickr.com/photos/bigocean/ As Japan approaches the one-year anniversary of the devastating... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• John Lanchester’s Capital is Panoramic, but is It Any Good?

  

  London: the setting for John Lanchester's new novel. Photocredit: T J Morris Capital is John Lanchester’s new novel, a sprawling epic about life on the fictiona... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• To Intervene Or Not to Intervene in Syria?

  

  A member of the Syrian Free Rebel Army - Photocredit: FreedomHouse. (The image was taken from a video which has yet to be independently verified.) After the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Hidden Power: Women Who Aspire to Lead Globally – the View from Dubai

  

  Women in the Middle East are just beginning to realise their business potential. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• J K Rowling to Write Adult Novel – and No, It’s Not Porn (probably)

  

  Halleluia! Rejoice! Etc. J K Rowling fans can exult in the fact that she is to produce a new book - for adults though. And we don't know anything about it yet.... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Dear Channel 4: ‘Stop Ruining My Life’ – a Gypsy Responds to My Big Fat Gypsy...

  

  Still from season 2 of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Photo credit: Channel 4 This post is republished with permission from the author. The original appeared at... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Black Gold: Snoozy, Sandy ‘epic’ Plods Along with Little Authenticity

  

  Antonion Banderas in Black Gold. One might have hoped in this era of turmoil in the Middle East that even the people who make mainstream cinema would think twic... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• US, North Korea in ‘substantive’ Talks for the First Time Since Kim Jong Il’s...

  

  Kim Jong-il's successor, Kim Jong-un. http://guyism.com/lifestyle/so-the-new-possible-leader-of-north-korea-might-be-a-gamer-dork. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• A Dead, Stuffed Weasel in a Dress and Other Reasons to Read The Bloggess

  

  Juanita, the incredibly flexible (we mean emotionally) dead weasel. Photo credit: The Bloggess She’s got a fondness for taxidermied animals, a column for The... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CURRENT, HUMOR

• ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore is Bloody, Modish and (mostly) Brilliant

  

  The forbidden lovers. Publicity still, from the Barbican website. It’s a boom time for Jacobean and Restoration plays in Britain at the moment. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA