The Return Of Uninspired Hollywood Movies Part II
There is nothing more depressing than reading a list of the latest offerings from Hollywood. Imagination is a rare quality there and the trends are easy to figure out. A film gets some unpredicted success and then the studios compete to produce more of the same and, as if that wasn’t bad enough, churn out [...]
Girls, Guns and Gonzo
Veteran Brussels journalist, Martin Jay has had an interesting and varied career as a freelancer, which included setting up The Sprout, an irreverent and provocative look at the Brussels scene.
In his new book, Girls, Guns and Gonzo, he reviews his earlier career where he visited some dangerous places to get the stories where others feared [...]
A Cry From The Heart
The greatest pain any parent can suffer is to have a child die. This happened to Ismael Khatib, a Palestinian from the Jenin refugee camp. His twelve year old son, Ahmed, shot by Israeli soldiers, was one of many child casualties of conflict, but what happened next was extraordinary. In the Israeli hospital where Ahmed [...]
It’s The Celluloid, Daaarling
Fashionistas have used many sources for inspiration and one of the richest is the world of film. Even before celluloid started to talk the stars of the silver screen have given a sense of style to audiences. Some films have influenced fashion, others reflected it and a few have that something special that means they [...]
Countering Extremism
There are a host of academics and consultants working in the field of counter-extremism, but the Quilliam Foundation is different. It was founded by Ed Hussain and Maajid Nawaz, both ex members of the extremist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir. Nawaz was a founding member of HT in Denmark and Pakistan and eventually served four years in [...]
Throwing Plastic Bricks At Torturers Because Words Bounce Off
Legofesto is a British artist who describes herself as “a politics-junkie and news-hound, with a obsession for lego” and “very, very pissed off about how this War on Terror is being prosecuted”.
In response to scenes of war and torture she works to recreate some of the most notorious images using Lego, based on photographs and [...]
Interview: John Evans, TUAC-OECD, responds to G20
At the Global Progressive forum, held at the European Parliament 2-3 April 2009, I managed to interview John Evans, Secretary – General of the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD
