30 May 2010
Advertising God
This week the Advertising Standards Authority revealed that an ad displayed on buses proclaiming the existence of God drew more complaints than any other advert. Asserting one’s belief in God antagonises people in the Western World to the same extent as the Islamic World reacts to secularism. Find out more
17 May 2010
A Secretive Society
It could well be that you have heard of The Bullingdon Club, a secretive dinner club in Oxford University. In the eighties it counted David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson among its membership. Another high profile member was David Dimbleby, of course he joined them half a lifetime earlier, but even so The Bullingdon Club is firmly established into the centre of power. Find out more
1 May 2010
Don’t ask Pigs
I wasn’t familiar with Peppa Pig but it seems that this little pig, star of the British children’s television programme has at the last moment refused to take part in a Labour campaign stunt. The Daily Telegraph immediately declared her to be a Conservative, this on account of her grandfather’s boat and nice kitchen curtains. If we look to pigs to tell us how to vote, which prefer rolling in the mud and grunting sessions, then we must be in quite a pickle. Find out more
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23 May 2010
Boris Bear
Two walking mobile telephones: that was my response to a first glimpse of Wenlock and Mandeville, the mascots for the London Olympic Games. The mascot is a tricky phenomenon. Everyone wants to voice their opinion. Actually, I think a mascot works best when it emerges unprompted. Find out more
9 May 2010
Running in High Heels
‘The Queen nearly moved to London again.’ ‘She stays quite often in London anyway.’ ‘But I am talking about the Dutch Queen and what happened during the Remembrance of the War Dead.’ Find out more
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