Daily Archives: January 30, 2012
29 — and counting
But not pleading. On Saturday (conveniently after the daily newspaperman’s working week) the police arrested four more of the Murdoch hordes. Not just any Wapping layabouts, but the Sun‘s brightest and best: the head of news, the chief crime reporter, … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative family values, crime, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Guardian, Independent, Murdoch, politics, sleaze., Sunday Times, Tories.
The image and the impression
This post is not, essentially, about art. Except the art of political deceit. Until he was faced with the actuality, Malcolm had not realised just how wonderful a Gustav Klimt landscape could be. And then, in Vienna, in the Belvedere, … Continue reading
The not-so-great and the not-so-good, no. 27: more Fitzroving
Swiftly on to our next specimen. Getting there may take more than a moment. This is, at first, a story of sex, power and connections, so let’s start by taking a step back. Malcolm thinks he has the family-tree fettled. … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, Britain, Homophobia, London, politics, Presbyterian, Tories.
