The Foreign Desk
Daniel Craig’s new job leaves James Bond in limbo
Today’s announcement that Daniel Craig is to star in a Hollywood film of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is great news for fans of Stieg Larsson. But it represents a rather less exciting development for those who prefer Craig’s other alter ego, James Bond.
By Guy Adams | Arts, The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 7:18 am
So, why did Brangelina really go after the News of the Screws?
What persuaded did Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to sue the News of the World for making-up stories about the demise of their marriage, as opposed to any one of the hundreds of gossip magazines, show-business websites, and tabloids which for years have been doing exactly the same thing?
By Guy Adams | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 23 July 2010 at 6:42 am
The Obama administration’s most unlikeable moment yet
The dismal tale of Shirley Sherrod, and what it tells us about the White House.
By Archie Bland | The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 11:42 am
Has the US right-wing media finally gone too far?
There’s quite the scandal brewing across the Atlantic at the moment, and for once it’s not one Liberals are having to watch through the cracks of their fingers.
It all started a couple of days ago, after right-wing doyen and Internet loudmouth Andrew Breitbart claimed to have uncovered damning video of a (black) Department of Agriculture [...]
By Tom Mendelsohn | The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 11:30 am
Donkeygate: a reply
Why finding a parasailing donkey funny does not make you a maniac.
By Archie Bland | Eagle Eye, The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 21 July 2010 at 3:59 pm
Is Sarah Palin the heir to Shakespeare?
Yes, that’s a serious question. Let me explain.
Liberal America’s arch-nemesis in chief is an eager tweeter to say the least: if she’s not spouting madcap invective about healthcare or liberty, she’s talking about huntin’ and fishin’ and other good ol’ American outdoor pursuits.
Yesterday though, she added a new string to her already considerable bow – [...]
By Tom Mendelsohn | The Foreign Desk | Monday, 19 July 2010 at 12:19 pm
Doctors or no doctors in North Korea? Healthcare in the hermit state.
I’ve never been to North Korea and I’ve no idea what the health care system is like. I am aware of the stories from a decade or so ago of terrible malnutrition and starvation that claimed 1m lives and I can Google to discover that life expectancy is currently around 67 years – much the [...]
By Andrew Buncombe | The Foreign Desk | Monday, 19 July 2010 at 8:30 am
Has Jerry Bruckheimer lost his magic?
This weekend’s box-office charts will make ugly reading for Disney, whose ambitious $150m kids flick The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opened to a raspberry of public disinterest, but they will make even uglier reading for Jerry Bruckheimer, the superstar producer behind the ill-fated project.
By Guy Adams | Arts, The Foreign Desk | Monday, 19 July 2010 at 3:41 am
Hold the front page: Good news from Burma
One of the obvious advantages of our online age is that it is not only bad news that spreads its way around the world in a matter of seconds. On Thursday, the junta in Burma announced that it had released Win Htein, a former aide to detained opposition Aung San Suu Kyi.
Win Htein had spent more [...]
By Andrew Buncombe | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 16 July 2010 at 7:21 am
America’s “swear ban” is scrapped. What a ******* shame!
There is sadness for people who, like me, have in recent years enjoyed the occasional spectacle of America getting its collective knickers in a twist over, say, Bono saying a rude word at an awards ceremony, or Janet Jackson displaying half a bejewelled nipple (see above) for a fraction of a second on live TV .
By Guy Adams | Arts, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 4:17 am
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