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• Allegations of Police Brutality and a Media Blackout as NYPD Clears Occupy Wall...

  

  OWS eviction. Photo credit: Nick Gulotta, http://flic.kr/p/aETUu9Police have evicted protesters from the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park, in Manhattan’... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Fans Camp Overnight for Breaking Dawn Part One Premiere

  

  R-Patz as Edward Cullen: He's a vampire. Photo credit: Santi E, http://flic.kr/p/5tcMyn It’s like Occupy, but smells less like patchouli, unwashed bodies and... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Leveson Inquiry Finds ‘cottage Industry’ of Phone Hacking; Press Getting Nervous?

  

  Phone hacking involved as many as 28 News International employees and continued up until 2009, the Leveson Inquiry has heard. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• David Cameron Calls for Britain to Take Back Power from EU as Angela Merkel...

  

  David Cameron and Angel Merkel: At odds. Photo credit: World Economic Forum, http://flic.kr/p/9hcox5Britain and Germany are on a collision course over the futur... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Amazon Comes out Swinging with Kindle Fire, but is It an iPad Killer?

  

  The new Amazon Kindle Fire isn't quite an iPad killer yet - but it's getting there, say some besotted reviewers. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CURRENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Leveson Inquiry into Media Culture to Hear Evidence from Alleged Hackgate Victims

  

  The final edition of The News of the World, which was shuttered after new hacking allegations came to light. Photo credit: Archie Thomas Who watches the... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Assad Regime Reacts with Fury to Arab League Suspension, Foreign Embassies...

  

  Decision came after Syrian protester death toll reached 3,500. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Filipino Boxer-politician Manny Pacquiao Beats Juan Marquez in Hotly Contested...

  

  Manny Pacquiao, boxer and man of the people. Photo credit: Ben de Jesus, http://www.flickr.com/photos/bendjsf Boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao gets to keep... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here: Fatima Whitbread Triumphs, Freddie Starr...

  

  Cockroaches: The real stars of I'm a Celebrity...? Photo credit: Matt Lemmon, http://flic.kr/p/4YKCh6ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Berlusconi Out, Monti in – but is Changing Horses Enough to Save the Eurozone...

  

  After 17 years as Italy's colourful Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi is out - and technocrat Mario Monti is in. Can he save the euro? Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Kitty Brucknell Leaves X Factor and Amelia Lily Returns Amid New ‘Fix Factor’...

  

  Lady Gaga. Photo credit: Stephen Carlile via FlickrThe X Factor revolving door saw Kitty Brucknell leave the competition this weekend, while first-week reject... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 CELEB, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Vampocalypse: Stake Land Review

  

  Poster for Stake Land I’d seen the poster of Stake Land, as I got off the tube at Piccadilly, maybe a hundred times; although I am a fan of vampire movies, the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Introduction to Turkey 101: Don’t Accept a Massage from Your Pansiyon Owner

  

  Beautful Marmaris, Turkey - but how are the kebabs? And the massages? Photo credit: Yilmaz Ovunc, http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitturkey/4022176653/ I had bee... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Immortals is Beautiful, but Makes Next to No Sense

  

  Scene from Immortals. Informed by The Cell and The Fall director Tarsem Singh’s visually stunning, but often vapid direction, Immortals is cool to look at –... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Mike Tindall’s Career Over: Zara’s Husband Fined and Kicked out of England’s...

  

  Mike Tindall. Photo credit: Henry Southgate, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hjsouthgate/4531876538/ Mike Tindall, 33-year-old Gloucester centre and the husband... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Chickenpox Lollipops Rehash Debate Over Vaccines

  

  Lollipops, now available in pox-flavoured. Photo credit: Swamibu, http://www.flickr.com/photos/swamibu/1881207586/ Reports that parents in the US are buying... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Penn State Riots Over Paterno Exit – Putting Football Before Justice?

  

  Penn State students riot after legendary coach Joe Paterno is fired amid the child sex abuse scandal that is enveloping the school. Is American college sport ou... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, FOOTBALL, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Is The Duchess of Cambridge Pregnant?

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. About to be expecting, perhaps? Photocredit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp5eZeO5378 So, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Eurozone: How to Solve the Crisis

  

  Looking carefully at the Euro. Photocredit: Images of Money http://www.flickr.com/photos/59937401@N07/5930025654/sizes/m/in/photostream/So what’s up with the... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Remembrance Day: What the Poppy Really Means

  

  Remembrance Day wreaths. Photocredit AdamKR http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamkr/4086683255/sizes/m/in/photostream/Today, Remembrance Day, is when the British... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY