Black Friday, black future?
Black Friday encourages profligate spending – the consequences are barely acknowledged in a culture of advertising and consumerism.
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Media
Commentary, debate and opinion about the UK Media industry
Another “golden age” of comedy?
We are, in a UK context, in the midst of a period of comedic creativity and excellence.
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“Relief and joy equally without parallel” How the press reported the end of World War 1
When the war did finally end the newspapers sought to communicate the relief and sheer joy of the British populace.
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Reporting on Poverty
According to Chancellor Philip Hammond austerity is ‘over’ and yet, puzzlingly, wages are not growing as labour market theories suggest they ought.
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Should martial arts be active or passive players in politics?
The ‘far right’ are politicising their martial arts practices. What does this mean for martial arts practitioners?
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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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Documentaries, rom-coms – and tentative first steps in a new era of Sino-British film collaboration
The era of Sino-British film co-production has arrived.
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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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