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• Jeremy Clarkson in Trouble Again, This Time Over Striker Execution Comment

  

  Jeremy Clarkson. Photo credit: image.net Wednesday’s public sector strikes certainly weren’t well-loved by many in the media, but television’s favorite... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Facebook Faces Privacy Fightback by Regulators; How Has the Social Network Been...

  

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives in Paris for the e-G8, 25th May, 2011. Photo credit: Cyril Attias Facebook has, once again, been criticised for its... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Grammy Awards 2012 Nominations Announced

  

  Yes! It's Lady Gaga, at the Grammy Awards nomination show this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_rpd9c57D8 Nominations for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• Islamists Set to Win in Egypt’s Elections

  

  The Muslim Brotherhood is gaining ground in Egypt's elections. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Is Siri Anti-abortion? Apple Says Just a Glitch, Rights Campaigners See Somethin...

  

  Barely out of the box, and already causing problems. Photo credit: Brett Jordan http://flic.kr/p/awByzb Siri can find you Viagra, hook you up with a... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CURRENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Occupy LA Physically Disbanded; but Movement Lives on

  

  Occupy LA. Photocredit: Neon Tommy http://www.flickr.com/photos/neontommy/6244729711/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Is camping finished for the Occupy movement? Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘I Don’t Want To, but I Must’: Filming Starts on Biopic of Walesa

  

  Lech Walesa. Photo credit: MEDEF Forget the crisis in the eurozone, which creeps ever closer to the EU’s eastern peripheries (watch out, Budapest), the past wee... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Steve McQueen’s NC-17 Shame is Tipped for Oscar Win

  

  Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender in Shame. On paper, a film about a miserable sex addict who lives with his sister may not sound like Oscar material. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Silent Film The Artist Wows Critics, Emerging as Oscar Contender

  

  The Artist. Photo credit: Getty Images, Weinstein Company Films don’t get much more retro than The Artist, a black and white, mostly silent film directed by... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Two Million Public Sector Workers on Strike, Schools Closed but Airports...

  

  Public sector strikers. Photo credit: Roger Blackwell, http://flic.kr/p/aNhHaT An estimated 2 million public sector workers went on strike Wednesday over... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• It’s Time to Boycott Google

  

  Google: An index-card system with ideas above its station. Oh how quickly we were taken in. I remember it so well, the first, glorious days of the Interweb. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The ‘white Working Classes’: Layabouts Or Not?

  

  Working class: increasingly disconnected? Photocredit: welovepandas http://www.flickr.com/photos/welovepandas/114318045/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Are the “white... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Leveson Inquiry: Five of the Most Damning Moments So Far

  

  The Leveson inquiry is laying bare the press - and the public's interest in celebrities. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Gary Speed’s Death: The Links Between Sport and Suicide

  

  Gary Speed Tributes, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. Photo credit: Jon Candy http://www.flickr.com/photos/joncandy/6424217469/ The reported death by... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• On the Brink? British Embassy in Iran is Stormed; Are We Close to War?

  

  Relations with Iran are simmering. Could things get worse very quickly? Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• What You Need to Know About Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement on the...

  

  Chancellor George Osborne with PM David Cameron. Photo Photo credit: Andrew Parsons/Conservative Party UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MPs Pour Salt in David Cameron’s Weeping Defence Cut Wounds

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron talks to members of the Royal Navy aboard HMS Ark Royal in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 24 June 2010. Photo credit: The Prime Minister's... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Facebook Could Go Public with Record-breaking Valuation

  

  Rumour has it the social networking company will hit the stock market in 2012 - with a $100 billion valuation. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIETY, TECH

• Cyber Monday: Surprise – It’s a Real Thing!

  

  Click your way to consumer happiness. Photo credit: Upnapistim For a thing that didn’t really exist until 2005 and even then was sort of a joke, Cyber Monday,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 CURRENT, LIFESTYLE, SHOPPING, SOCIETY, TECH

• Stonehenge Night Light Fight Flares up

  

  Stonehenge. Photo credit: Darkest Before Dawn There’s little doubting that Stonehenge is one of Britain’s most breath-taking attractions. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, TRAVEL