Completely from left field ( uh, right field…) and out of the blue skies in David Cameron’s air-brushed head, Oceania is now at war with Eastasia. I’ve walked fresh from my shortlist triumph at last night’s Orwell Prize event and into life as the Conservatives would have it — a posh boy’s fantasy about plucky […]
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Anna Chen – 15 April 2010, The Orwell Prize I’m celebrating, so I can’t be long. Hic! MC Jean Seaton, Orwell Prize Director, said of Madam Miaow: “… independence and spirit.” And that we bloggers were “representing reporting from places that aren’t getting reported.” A lovely event tonight at Reuters over drinks and canapes (hunks
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Even Mother Nature hates them. Today’s spectacular eruption in Iceland has sent giant plumes of ash headed for Old Blighty, shutting down airports and preventing the three main parties hitting Scotland for the general election campaign. Those Scots must have some powerful mojo. Respek! The Guardian reports: After the severe winter weather and the BA
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Yep, I checked yesterday and posted on Gary Younge’s powerful indictment of US Republican “Frat Boys” and discovered that my ban is at an end and I am now allowed to comment at the Guardian but under (heavy) moderation — so says the vivid red message in the comment window when I posted. This goes
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Yesterday’s first ever UK Chinese hustings, featuring five of the eight Chinese parliamentary candidates running in the general election and attended by an almost entirely Chinese audience, was an interesting if disappointing affair. Organised by bbcchina.com and bbcchinese.com, this was a much-needed initiative considering that Chinese are the third-biggest minority in the UK, but you
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Sneer if you like, but Katie and Alex don’t half make me laugh. In sore need of a lighter note after yesterday’s grim reminder that war is hell, I’m turning to my bestest meeja show-off and her “lovable pratt” spouse, Alex Reid. One thing I like about Alex is that, even though the tabloid favourites
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