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lessons in mise-en-scene
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now everyone’s had their me-too knockabout fun with the locked doors and the doofus look, let’s get to the real question here — where does beijing get off scheduling their visitor’s press conferences on the set of china’[…]

Join us at the end of an era
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Friends, drinkers, publoggers – listen up.
This Wednesday is the end of an era. On Thursday the government opens wide the gates of binge drink anarchy and licensing laws as we know them come to an end. So Wednesday – if you’re in En[…]

World Against Toys Causing Harm
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or WATCH. In particular their annual list of the their top ten most dangerous toys. The list includes some boring choking hazards plus things which look and are designed as weapons which are being used as weapons.
In particular : Thing Hands (used to[…]

Art vs Craft
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I prefer the Primula vs Kraft debate, but nethertheless Stephen Grant here explains why its a bit of a red herring in his opinion in the comics world. Its a nicely balanced piece, clearly going via the detour of punk (well of course) and has the kind[…]

Abba Should Have Waited
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So Madonna’s song Frozen has been banned from Belgium. Not because of its implicit criticisms of the European policy on climate change, but rather that she has lost a plagiarism case on the song in the Belgian courts. Apparently it sounds a fai[…]

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