In China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum, I look at China’s manufacturing industry on the eve of transition from world factory making our tat to tech giant.
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So. That was my trial run for Armageddon; the day capitalism implodes and society breaks down. With the spring comes blessed relief from the arctic turmoil that had Canadians, New Yorkers, Inuit and Siberian huskies wondering what the hell was wrong with us Brits. Even my surfing Oz neighbours, off to see the blizzard, reckoned
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Went to Farrago’s excellent Poetry Slam last night and busted my competition cherry with Daddy Freud and Anna May Wong Must Die! I was a bit nervous with Daddy Freud but AMWMD was going great guns and I was well into my stride when disaster struck and I forgot the last verse. But, here for
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Episode Two of Love Among The Reds by Sylvie Kringe(Episode One here) “What’s the revolution but a backdrop to our flaming love?” asked Vladimir Ilyich, coming up for air. “Why, you are my very own Vlad the Impaler,” breathed Inessa huskily. “Your penetration is without par. You do it with such flair and imagination.” “Yes,”
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Katie Price demands worship from her men and takes no crap When Though Cowards Flinch asked me to write something for International Women’s Day, I was flummoxed by the request. What’s to write about? Everything seems to have reached a fine old equilibrium. Plenty of babes in government, the ruling class stuffed to the brim
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Oh, I am so suggestible. I have just finished my first bacon roll in years (actually, a bagel — howzat for a fusion-cuisine atrocity?) as a direct result of watching the seventh and latest episode of CBBC’s children’s show, Spirit Warriors. The one that begins with our young heroes happening upon a dream setting of
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