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Tag Archives: The Guardian
Outsider
I should have paid more attention. Until this morning, I had no idea that the economics editor of the Guardian was in the anti-EU camp: When I voted for Brexit on 23 June, I did so for three reasons: because … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, EU, Larry Elliott, The Guardian
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Bossa nova: poetry, not easy listening
When it started, I thought Katie Derham’s BBC4 documentary was going to be yet another of those clichéd, sun-kissed strolls along the seafront. I was wrong. Derham – who has spent a lot of time in Brazil over the years … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, History, Music
Tagged Bossa nova, Brazil, Katie Derham, Rio de Janeiro, The Guardian
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Reasons not to like Apple
An entertaining, mischief-making list in the Guardian. I particularly liked Number 24, “Error 53”: How many corporations possess and wield the power to criminally damage their products – your products – after they’ve sold them to you? Apple’s notorious “Error … Continue reading
Inside the bubble
“Those people who get parachuted in, they’ve never had a life!” Good, angry piece by the Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr on how party politics is in danger of becoming a game for a select few. And journalism, as we all know, … Continue reading
Posted in Class, Politics, UK politics
Tagged Carole Cadwalladr, media, Michael White, Oxford, The Guardian
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