“You cannot rewrite history! Not one line.”
The Aztecs is a Dr Who story from the show’s high-minded early years, when science-fiction adventures were mixed with more educational historical stories. By the time I started watching Wh[…]

GUESS MY THEORY #3

(the top one wz in conversation at the nft tonight: he is of course v.funny and charming even tho he only ever made one good film) (clue: not by kubrick)[…]

Dark Carmodism*:
1992: UK Election, Major campaigning for re-election, No.1 = “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister 2004: US Election, Bush campaigning for re-election, Eminem releases “Encore”**
*(Carmodism has never been pr[…]

jenny holzer yr time is UP:
when ur quite pore and yr on-the-cheap arty-artful lighting “system” is fritzing again as winter darkens round you, the signs and portents labels in the pound shop are generally more wearisome than inspiring &[…]

DISCLAIMER: war is never “over”, whether or not you “want” it

(via Kevin Drum)
“According to Fischer, the foundation of American culture was formed from four mass emigrations from four different regions of Britain b[…]

Happy Irony Day!
I think every British kid growing up is only dimly aware that Guy Fawkes is the baddie in his story. On the one hand there’s the burning in effigy thing. On the other, there’s the fact that we commemorate a failure to blo[…]

Bad film alert!!! – heartwarming story of rockers fighting the forces of ageism. I’d be more sympathetic if The Alarm had thumbed its nose at the record industry by releasing a – gasp! – good record.[…]

TRUTH STILL VALIANTLY STRUGGLIN TO GET BOOTS ON:
“Despite long lines and registration snafus, voters under age 30 clocked the highest turnout percentage since 1972. The good news is that America’s young people are more engaged in politic[…]

My Sick Obsession
…with Band Aid III continues apace – yesterday I was seriously considering setting up a special blog for news of the single. This despite the unavoidable fact that the record will be rubbish. Not because “Do They K[…]

Grabtastic
One can’t really add much to the information on the screen…

Okay, my conscience won’t allow this to go without a little context.
The breaking news strap actually applied to the Palestinian/French denial that Yasser Araf[…]