January 20, 2009
The BBC have not completely abandoned in depth investigative journalism. They have just unearthed this gem to add balance to an emotive report of the devastation in Gaza. The price of Donkeys is subject to an inflationary rise – there is no petrol. See? They do research their stories. Never again shall we complain that they don’t look further than the nearest Hamas spokesperson. [...]
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January 15, 2009
Coronation Street, the TV soap opera, is something of an institution for the Northern diaspora. We relive our childhood and rekindle memories of a way of life and a gentle humour unknown on ‘suicide watch’ as the rival ‘Eastenders’ programme is known in our household. There are immutable props, the cobbled street, the Pakistani run [...]
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