The Daily Show's Jon Stewart On That 'Controversial' Coca-Cola Super Bowl Ad...
Coca-Cola's Super Bowl commercial upset some people with its 'un-Americanism'. To wit: that it involved people sing 'America The Beautiful' in various different languages (see the video below). But not...
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The Book Gathers Dust: Independent Book Production and Digital Publishing
The book gathers dust. I won't claim to understand much of the world of printing, binding, editing, typesetting, graphic design (etc.) - the processes necessary to publish a 'real-life' book - but...
View ArticleFunny News Pictures Of The Week
From cuddly animals to not-so-cuddly politicians, we trawl through this week's pictures to bring you the silliest snaps...
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Simon Cowell Confirms Return To 'The X Factor' UK In The Autumn To Lead...
Simon Cowell has confirmed what long been suspected, that he will be returning to the judges' panel for the next series of 'X Factor' in the UK. The music and TV powerhouse, who has been fulfilling his...
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Chris Brown And Rihanna's Domestic Violence Incident Was Five Years Ago Today
It's been five years since Chris Brown and Rihanna failed to show up at the 2009 Grammy Awards, following a shocking domestic violence incident to which Chris later pleaded guilty. In that time, the...
View ArticleFat or Sugar - Which Is Worse?
The recent BBC2 Horizon programme on sugar versus fat was a good idea in theory, but it turned out to be rather confusing and ultimately disappointing. The intention was to try to settle the argument...
View ArticleHanif Kureishi and the Philosophers' Stone
Kureishi's novel The Last Word shows that if you run the vernacular flotsam and jetsam of human experience on top of a structure of abstract philosophical thought, you may still effect change in...
View ArticleSoundtracks Are the Essential Format for Modern Orchestral Music
Classical music is a problematic term - it actually refers to a period of musical development from around 1750 to 1820, during which particular formats were developed - things like symphonies, operas...
View ArticleWelsh Poet Nigel Jenkins Denied Poetic Ending
Welsh Poet and Swansea University academic Nigel Jenkins died on the 28th January at the age of 64 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Nigel's dying request was that he be buried at St Mary's...
View Article12 Years a Slave
Saturday afternoon cinema is one of my favourite things to do on a rainy day in London, and a solo trip is an extra treat. A pure self-indulgent couple of hours to myself with the luxury of no...
View ArticleJon Savage Talks 'Teenage'
As a society we love to look back through history but while the past is a vast and multi-faceted tapestry we tend tirelessly explore the same themes. Teenage takes a different look at the roots of...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman's Funeral Attended By Host Of Stars
Some of the biggest names from the worlds of theatre and film attended the private funeral of Philip Seymour Hoffman on Friday, packing the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York. The late actor’s...
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Clare Balding Trolled On Twitter For 'Sell-Out' By Gay Lobby For Presenting...
Clare Balding has been attacked on Twitter for her perceived 'sell-out' of presenting television coverage of the Winter Olympics. Clare, who is gay, is working in Sochi, Russia, where laws were...
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BBC Breakfast Presenter Susanna Reid Made '£1m Offer By ITV' For Their Own...
Susanna Reid is being courted by ITV bosses, desperate to lure her away from the BBC Breakfast sofa and help them turn around their own breakfast television coverage. The BBC presenter, whose star rose...
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Kiefer Sutherland Reveals Working With Father Donald For First Time - 'I've...
Kiefer Sutherland has just worked with his father Donald for the first time ever on screen, and revealed it was "nerve-wracking". The '24' star tells Jonathan Ross on his chat show, to be screened...
View ArticleFacebook 'Look Back' Video For Walter White Is A Trip Down 'Breaking Bad'...
Facebook's 'Look Back' videos were a nice idea, a nostalgic reminisce over your finest/most debauched moments from the last few years. But now they're just a bit annoying - why don't people realise...
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Mariah Carey Dazzles In Gravity-Defying, Cleavage-Busting Dress As She...
Mariah Carey put in an unforgettable performance at this year's BET Honors bash, but we have a sneaky suspicion it wasn't those tricky high notes she hit that everyone was talking about. Mariah Carey...
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Shia LaBeouf Wears Paper Bag On Red Carpet After Storming Out Of...
Erm... where do you start with this one? Shia LaBeouf stormed out of press conference promoting his new film, 'Nymphomaniac' and later appeared on the red carpet wearing a paper bag on his head. What?...
View ArticleHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Joins Food Tube
The Food Tube family welcomed a very exciting new arrival this week in the shape of the River Cottage channel. Following a brilliant collaboration between Jamie Oliver and River cottage's Hugh...
View ArticleFeminism Simply Isn't Ready for Beyoncé's Jelly
While her contemporaries have straddled the line between powerful female personas and more potentially problematic sexualisation, the fan-anointed Queen of Pop Beyoncé has managed to remain above the...
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