Dr Who makes history come alive
Anyone who thinks that the racism depicted in the “Rosa Parks” episode is a thing of the past is sadly mistaken.
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Author: John Jewell
The toxicity of political communication
The seemingly interminable wrangling over Brexit has seen proponents on both sides resort to the language of violence and intimidation.
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The Circle closes in
Channel 4’s new reality show, The Circle, is more than a rehashed Big Brother.
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Question Time: serious political debate or a popularity contest for needy egos?
For all its faults, we should be glad Question Time still exists
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Will Boris Johnson see No. 10?
His track record suggests that he operates with the casual certainty of a privileged man who knows that whatever he says won’t be held against him.
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(Thai) Football’s Coming Home
What the #ThaiCaveRescue tells us is that when human beings work as a team, then remarkable things can be achieved.
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We’ve been here before – Corbyn and the right wing press
The latest in a long line of attempts to ram home to their readership, and by extension the electorate, Corbyn’s complete unsuitability for high office.
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Why do we buy bottled water?
Why we buy bottled water can be explained, at least in part, by the triumph of advertising and marketing.
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Cometh the hour, cometh the Mogg
Jacob Rees Mogg is clearly a politician of drive and determination – but his ambition is more subtle. Partially visible, perhaps and not so obviously naked as Boris Johnson’s, but there none the less.
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The (still) dying art of the political interview
The observation that the one-on–one televisual political interview is, at best, moribund is not a new one.
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