Blog Posts

  • Why Big Brother is a sin

    I freely confess I am a Big Brother addict. This addiction is relatively new (Celebrity Big Brother 2006, no less) but it is a firm one, and certainly here to stay, even if BB isn’t. Yet, I was horrified to view an episode aired on the 12th January which had the housemates participating in a…

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  • Hunger strikes, demonstrations, what’s it all about?

    What indeed. And while I for one do not see the point of hunger striking in an effort to show solidarity with the people of Gaza, (what good will it do?) I DO see the point in attending demonstrations, if only to increase the number of people there, thereby showing the government just how many…

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  • Remember, remember the 5th of November

    It may have been remember, remember, the 5th of November for us Brits, isolated as we are on our little island, but yesterday was a day many Americans, and indeed, many people worldwide will never forget. Not just because Barack Obama is now (as of January 2009) the first black president of the United States of…

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