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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Ted Hughes
After she’d been cleared of all charges, Marjory visited Charles in the psychiatric hospital. His throat was heavily bandaged and he had not yet regained the ability to speak, but with the aid of a pen, paper and an orderly to unstrap one arm from his strait jacket, he was able to communicate, after a… Read more
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Idiot reveals self to be idiot.
Some goon from England, in 2nd year English (in Ireland), had decided to record himself rapping dreadfully about Trinity, and D4 types in general. Dreadful execution and badly thought out lyrics, subject and flow let down this otherwise sterling effort. As in we like the picture of the GMB you pikied off google. ________________cheers to… Read more
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Brilliant Ladybird Parody
I’ve been going back over some old emails, and spotted this gem from last year. I’m sure plenty of you will have seen it, but if you haven’t it’s well worth a gander. Read more
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New Heroes of Comedy No. 2
We’ve eulogized Armando Iannucci before, but here is his new project. Made for the Observer newspaper, Iannucci has gathered a gaggle of young British comedians together for a series of parody video’s. He’s targeting the same crowd Morris aimed at with Nathan Barley, with the same results- momentary humour, overpowered by how alienating and odious… Read more
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Max Blumenthal tells it like it is
Max Blumenthal, of American weekly ‘The Nation‘, has a Louis Theroux like ability to give the insane and insanely ignorant just enough rope. You can look away, but if you watch, you have to listen. Read more
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Starship Sofa
Over the past year, I’ve contributed a handful of readings to the wonderful Starship Sofa science fiction podcast. Ciaran O’Carroll and Tony C. Smith began the show in 2006, as an in depth discussion of the life and works of a variety of New Wave and Golden Age Science Fiction authors. Ciaran left the show… Read more
