http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/04/the-oscars-films-possibly-in-line-for-cinemas-most-prestigious-award/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/04/the-oscars-films-possibly-in-line-for-cinemas-most-prestigious-award/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:58:14 +0000 Kieran Turner-Dave http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31287 With the 85th Academy Award nominations set to be announced on January 10th, Kieran Turner-Dave previews the films most likely to be in contention for cinema's most prestigious prize]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/04/the-oscars-films-possibly-in-line-for-cinemas-most-prestigious-award/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/21/the-top-five-films-to-see-in-the-new-year/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/21/the-top-five-films-to-see-in-the-new-year/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:37:10 +0000 Fionna McLauchlan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31002 Fionna McLauchlan gives a rundown of some of the films to watch in 2013.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/21/the-top-five-films-to-see-in-the-new-year/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/30/when-will-us-republicans-realise-gay-marriage-is-their-natural-bedfellow/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/30/when-will-us-republicans-realise-gay-marriage-is-their-natural-bedfellow/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:17 +0000 Clara Cullen http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24766 Clara Cullen argues that giving government the constitutional power to define what, or more importantly what does not constitute a marriage infringes upon traditional small government values at the heart of US Republican ideology. If they continue to insist on staunchly adhering to socially conservative values, she argues, they will become increasingly out of touch electorally.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/30/when-will-us-republicans-realise-gay-marriage-is-their-natural-bedfellow/feed/ 137