Magazines
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The Six O’Clock News: Back to School
Since this is most readers’ first week back at school (shout if you’re in another country though, or not a student!) I thought I’d do something on school, new terms, starting afresh etcetera. Back to work: 10 Worst Things About Post-Holiday Blues I love how sarcastic this Sean Coughlan guy is. One of my favourite Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: Greece & Eastern Europe
Since I got back from Greece this week, I thought I’d talk about some news stories about the Grecian part of Europe – or mostly, anyway. Armenian Culture in Turkey: From the Ashes The Armenian genocide comes up a few times in We Need to Talk About Kevin, which I read while I was away, and this story Continue reading
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Political/Musical Reflections
I’ve been trying to work out how to wax poetic on Margaret Thatcher without doing a cheap impersonation of the rest of the British media, so instead I’d like to encourage you to buy this fortnight’s edition of Private Eye. It’s a magazine which is definitely not like the rest of the British media – Continue reading
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Article Appreciation Post #1
I read a lot (surprise!) and in the last few weekes I’ve come across a handful of articles that I’ve really wanted to Tweet about. As there is now quite a collection, it’s time for a new type of ‘appreciation blog’, methinks… Well, it made me laugh… Of course, worried lady, your daughter having a Continue reading
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