Almost as soon as the UN-sanctioned intervention to establish a no-fly-zone over Libya had begun, journalists were speculating about how long it would take Western troops to set foot in … Read the rest
Month: March 2011
I have always associated those who sign their names to letters published in the quality press with the self-regarding, solipsistic and self-consciously important chattering classes.
Well, maybe the chattering classes … Read the rest
During research for my (forthcoming, honest, Bloomsbury Press) book on how UK politics has been depicted on the stage, page and screen I have come across plenty of Top … Read the rest
Academics, politicians and public policy makers have long been criticised for not talking to each other about socially relevant issues. On the one side, academics are often criticised for remaining … Read the rest
Ballots & Bullets has only been going a couple of weeks but we have already created a back catalogue of tip top analysis and comment, all of which is backed … Read the rest
From Tahir Square in Cairo to the shanty towns of Soweto, resistance to economic, political and social marginalisation in the global south is being increasingly feminised.
According to some this … Read the rest
Winifred Holtby’s South Riding (1936) was that rare literary beast, a novel about, as the author put it, ‘the drama of English local government’; she dedicated it to her mother, … Read the rest
The current Arab ‘revolutions’, pose anew some venerable questions of revolutionary transformation, not least whether they will result in fundamental changes to economic life in the region or, as Antonio … Read the rest
Have you heard the one about the woman driver forced to pay higher insurance?
It’s not funny; but it is significant.
For while the recent EU ruling that forces car … Read the rest
Before the publication of his new book on May 4th 2011 – New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party – Matthew Goodwin discusses the growing importance of anti-Muslim … Read the rest