Well, here’s a load of cobblers.The Romans had the Colosseum; we have the gutter press. Usually, it’s the evisceration of a celebrity’s private life that rouses the public’s bloodlust. But today, the News of the World, Britain’s biggest-selling newspap…
Tag: politics
Anne Sinclair: The Power Behind Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Anne Sinclair puts a guiding hand on Dominique Strauss Kahn’s shoulderI can’t help wondering what is going through rich, handsome and clever Anne Sinclair’s head. The wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced head of the IMF, has stood by her man …
Greece: Archipelago of Dreams
The island of Santorini”In tempi come questi, la fuga è l’unico mezzo che rimane per mantenersi vìvi e continuare a sognare.In times like these, escape is the only way to stay alive and continue dreaming.”The Italian film Mediterr…
Massey Energy name change fools few as Romney enters race in N. H.
That was quite a performance yesterday to mark Massey Energy’s name change to Alpha Resources though those who have experience with the safety-challenged company don’t seem to be fooled by the obvious public relations ploy. But Massey shareholders decreed!Meanwhile, in an apparently unrelated event, Mitt Romney (former management consultant advising corporations on how to ‘reinvent themselves’)
Ireland and Britain: A Miserable Marriage Turns Into a Beautiful Friendship?
The Queen’s trip to Ireland this week shifted Anglo-Irish relations a lot closer to normal.The relationship between Britain and Ireland has often been like a bad marriage: with Britain in the role of abusive husband. He loves her and he hits her. He ca…
The Grim Reaper Comes for Bin Laden
According to the live Twitter feeds on the ground in Abbotabad on the night of April 29/May 1, US helicopters arrived at 45 minutes after midnight, around 1.15 am there was a big crashing sound and by 1.35 all was quiet again. That information took a b…
The Grim Reaper Comes for Bin Laden
According to the live Twitter feeds on the ground in Abbotabad on the night of April 29/May 1, US helicopters arrived at 45 minutes after midnight, around 1.15 am there was a big crashing sound and by 1.35 all was quiet again. That information took a b…
Arab Spring
I wrote a post at the start of this month about the Year of Revolutions, 1848, and its paralells with now. To read it and reflect on the events in Bahrain, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia click here.
Egypt’s Revolution: Killing the Father?
Egyyptian women demonstrating in the 1919 uprising against the British. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsAs you already know if you are a regular reader of this blog, Egypt is having its second Saturn Return. And it’s all been rather exciting to say the least. …
2011: Springtime of the Peoples
Set during the Paris uprising of 1848, Flaubert’s novel Sentimental Education explores lessons in love and friendship. It was published some 20 years after the events.I’ve been thinking about the planet Neptune’s ingress into Pisces a lot over the past…