The pretty face of oppression. Arch-villainess Anna in ‘V’ I’m supposed to be recording the final links for Chopsticks At Dawn (BBC R4) tomorrow, but bronchitis has duffed up my throat and everything’s swimming like a fever dream. Sorry, not a fever dream. Just media coverage of the election. Back under the duvet where it’s …
The pretty face of oppression. Arch-villainess Anna in ‘V’ I’m supposed to be recording the final links for Chopsticks At Dawn (BBC R4) tomorrow, but bronchitis has duffed up my throat and everything’s swimming like a fever dream. Sorry, not a fever dream. Just media coverage of the election. Back under the duvet where it’s …
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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Barack Obama hypnotises America America’s wingnuts demonstrate how to admit defeat with grace and style. I particularly like the bit that goes: ” … Assigning a meaningless task to the rational mind to distract it thus leaving the subject unguarded by the rational mind. …” (Hmm, not unlike my time on the left.) Whereas this …
