September 2009
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August 2009
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Monday Morning Pre-Work Roundup
The New Republic reiterates a current American concern that 2008 was a lucky year for Obama, rather than a good one. The Telegraph mirrors popular public desire for Brown to comment on the release of the Lockerbie bomber, further articulating the Prime Minister’s silence. Meanwhile at The Telegraph, Boris Johnson talks lower exam requirements, and Janet Daley writes about the elections in...
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Who needs the right to attack the left, when the...
Today’s Observer leaks details on a conversation six weeks ago between brown and Gaddafi concerning the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The Guardian is fastly becoming the most critical newspaper of Brown’s premiership, and this example is simply by posting news, let alone debating opinion.
As previously mentioned, I think the release is a disgrace, if it turns out there has been a...
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Political Holidays
As it truly feels like our summer is coming to an end; with friends heading back to Universities, summer jobs ending, and workloads getting heavier, a quick head turns to the holidays of political figures. Politico criticises Obama’s choice of holiday resort in Martha’s Vinyard; at a reported $50,000 a week. In British politics last year I remember the papers condemning British...
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A Cup of Tea
Photography: Beehives.
I adore coffee, and I have loved coffee for much longer than I would even drink a cup of tea. Coffee stimulates, coffee concetrates, and coffee surpresses lethargy. Coffee is great to wake up to, its great to revise to, and its great to write to. Yet on a Sunday afternoon, with the news-sites open, and a laptop poised for leisure, I feel like the anti-christ with a cup of...
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The Disgrace
THE SICKENING hero’s welcome accorded by Libya on Thursday to the mass murderer convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is an indictment both of the government in Tripoli that choreographed his homecoming and of the Scottish justice minister who ordered his release on “compassionate” grounds.
The Scottish minister, Kenny MacAskill, said he released Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a former Libyan...
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Amiina - Rugla
Photo: diluvienne
I have loved...
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The Sartoralist →
I found this about ten minutes ago, and its my new favourite blog already. Street style, great influence, and great fashion; for men and women.
July 2009
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MaisonMartinMargiela →
I came across Maiso Martin today when I saw some SS09 plaid trousers I rather liked. Went on their website and it is by far one of the coolest website I’ve been on in a long time, worth a look for design alone.
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My increasing dislike for the New Statesman
The New Statesman is, tomorrow, publishing an article that, as of yet, seems to unsubstanitally correlate the current Conservative MEP’s relationships with the “neo-Nazi National Revival of Poland party (NOP)”. Worryingly George Pitcher, the religious editor at the Telegraph, has fallen trap to their journalism in his blog. From James Macintyre’ article tomorrow it does...
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Modest Mouse - The Whale Song
While a big fan...
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“Too many twits make a twat”
– - David Cameron
As Iain Dale blogs today, David Cameron was being interviewed by ‘Absolute Radio’, and was questionned as to why he wasn’t on twitter. Having not heard the interview, can’t tell if it was a slip of the tongue or another baseball cap incident. Either way it...
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THE SWAMP →
I considered just leaving the description blank to further ambiguity, but its worth explaining. The Swamp is a rather wonderful collection of Lemon Jelly, and Avalanches live, and radio, dj mixes. As a huge fan of both this is a godsend. If you like them I’m sure you’ll love it too.
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Gossip Girl is one of the few U.S. dramas...
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All these hiphop collaborations recently made me...
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Since The Blueprint I think Jay-Z’s been...
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Do we want independent news?
Over the past week, there has been an increase in criticism of the BBC’s political coverage. The escalation this week occurred in parallel to the focus on the Green Party in Norwich North’s by-election. While I haven’t been following all media outlet’s coverage, luckily others have, and Daniel Hannan has quite simply pointed out the dramatic political bias they have shown....
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Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
This is by no means a film review; merely a little a quick write up on my thoughts. While thoroughly enjoying this book; moving the plot forward in the most dramatic and signifcant sense, while simultaenously furthering emotional ties with characters and producing some of the best unaswered questions that spurred the most in-depth Potter conversations with friends — the movie was a...
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You know when you’re always worried about...
A Blue Peter Moment
Well, after stumbling across this article on the Guardian website, I decided to have a bit of a go at Craft and re-vamped a pair of crappy old shoes.
This is how they turned out:
I cut out bits from an old copy of Gardeners’ World for the flowery background, and then stuck reproduction Victorian scraps over the top so that they looked at least a bit symmetrical.
I couldn’t find...
Wishlist (ramblings)
At the moment I’m trying to do a distance learning course online. As a result I have ended up procrastinating A LOT and browsing internet shops for stuff which I can in no way afford. Nothing like lovely capitalism to distract you from things you should be doing. Now I am going to procrastinate even more by writing a whole post about the nice shiny objects I looked at and thought were…well…nice ....
Just found out that P.S. means postscriptum
RT @TelegraphNews: WHO: Swine flu is unstoppable http://tinyurl.com/mpr9n7
Just realised why I love this Lisa Mitchell song - she sounds like Soko
Listening to ‘Neopolitan Dreams’ by Lisa Mitchell, on the new Ministry of Sound chillout sessions - fucking incredible song
Starting to read Les Miserables; but so tired I’m just staring at the words on the page. Ministry’s ‘Chillout Sessions XI’ prob not helping.
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Kanye West really hasn’t appealed to me...
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Blair's University desires (thankfully) squashed
Great discussion has followed Blair’s 50% in University ideal he laid out back in 2002. The worryingly large amount of students in University is increasing year on year. Last year there was a 7.8% rise in university applications, and in 2009 the number of applications has exceeded a 10% rise on the last academic year. The Times today has revealed the Sutton Trust’s plans to...
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Fraser Nelson on Political Scandal
One of this week’s Coffeehouse blogs by Fraser Nelson uncautiously mocks Bloomberg’s Top Ten Political Scandals in the U.S. The Spectator over the past fortnight has run the top fifty British scandals, and true to Nelson’s comments today, they just don’t compare with the grandeur, excess, immorality or illegality of ours. I guess as Brits we’re more self-deprecating...
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When I first heard Florence and the Machine last...