Just another dent in the damage...

Has George Galloway gone too far this time by suggesting that the assassination of Tony Blair may be morally justified? In an interview for GQ he was asked the question “Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber – if there were no other casualties – be justified as revenge for [...]

Yes, it’s that day you’ve all been waiting for! Bono editing the Independent! with an added little extra — Bob Geldof’s editorial and opinion. I’ve been thinking for the last couple of weeks that the paper’s going downhill! I sure was right.
The coverage of the Aids crisis in Africa was however really interesting I just [...]

Now this is a tough one!

I decided to make the most of my bank holiday Monday by lying in bed reading Persepolis directly followed by Persepolis 2 with a couple of Tofutti Cuties close at hand. The first of these remarkable autobiographic memoirs focuses on Satrapi’s childhood and the struggle of growing up during the Iranian Islamic Revolution. The overthrow [...]