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Q&A: Beatboxer MC Xander
Introductions first. Mc Xander, a 27 year-old singer, rapper, and “general noisemaker” from London, is “by far the most musical, talented beatboxer out there”…
By Enjoli Liston | Arts | Monday, 31 January 2011 at 8:23 am
The Strange Case of Jeremy Bamber
The story of Jeremy Bamber, who is court this week hoping to prove that he has been imprisoned for over 25 years for crimes that he did not commit, is almost the polar opposite of the normal cases of miscarriage of justice.
By Andy McSmith | McSmith, Notebook | Sunday, 30 January 2011 at 6:53 pm
“Born on a cloud, suckled on unicorn milk”
Howard Jacobson, yesterday:
It’s been said that when Cameron lost Andy Coulson as his communications director he lost not only a skilled operator but a link to the concerns of the ordinary voter.
Cameron, as we know, was born on a cloud, suckled on unicorn milk, and kept apart from untitled men and women until he assumed [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 30 January 2011 at 6:21 pm
Fighting out of the Fringes: The last of the lake
After talking about our current Rough Fiction project for almost a year now the first draft has finally been written. “The Last of the Lake” is finished, for now. From the first meeting in a steam room and sauna with a waterproof notepad many late nights have passed. Obviously with less “gadgety” stationery but equally as [...]
Revenge of the Mandarins
The Iraq Inquiry is winding up. The last re-interviewees appear this week, ending with Jack Straw on Wednesday. Then we wait for the report, and the completely predictable reaction – “whitewash” – from the London-based liberal media and culturati when it fails to find that Tony Blair is a liar and a criminal.
That said, there [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 30 January 2011 at 5:10 pm
“That’s all Boris’s”
A snippet from Amanda Platell in the Daily Mail:
A week before the 2010 election, I was flying back to London with David Cameron. As he gazed out of the window over the city, I said: ‘That could all be yours.’ He smiled and replied: ‘No, that’s all Boris’s.’
Boris Johnson preys on Cameron’s mind more than [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Saturday, 29 January 2011 at 12:50 pm
Iraq: “honest people did and can still disagree”
Another fine anonymous contribution to the Groundhog debate about the Iraq invasion by rms3, whose comment on my blog I wrote about here. Today rms3, who opposed the invasion but from a reasonable perspective, has replied to Johann Hari:
Much as I admire your writing in general and the intent and spirit behind this piece, I [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Saturday, 29 January 2011 at 12:06 pm
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By Laura Davis | Notebook | Friday, 28 January 2011 at 6:10 pm
Spreading the Thatcherite message
In Davos, David Cameron and George Osborne are in fact transmitting the Thatcherite message that the young fogey MP Jacob Rees-Mogg told them to in the Commons on Wednesday – “There Is No Alternative”.
Well, there is. Even if you think there is no way of avoiding dealing with the fiscal deficit, there is no need [...]
By Sean O'Grady | Econoblog | Friday, 28 January 2011 at 4:28 pm
Manchester United and Arsenal top list of Goliaths facing Cup Davids
It was in January last year that Liverpool became the 100th Premier League club to lose in the FA Cup to a team from a lower division, in their case to Reading. That made them the most ’slain’ giants of the Premier League era, having lost seven times in the Cup to [...]
By Brian Sears | Sport | Friday, 28 January 2011 at 3:50 pm
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