Having taken on elements of the News Corp mass media empire run by Rupert Murdoch, involving the UK newspaper division of News International, linked to the phone hacking scandal, … Read the rest
Month: June 2012
Spain’s banking bailout, whatever the technicalities of the conditions surrounding the agreement, will be seen by many as a humiliating step for the Euro-zone’s fourth largest economy. Such a move … Read the rest
With Poland on the brink of co-hosting the Euro 2012 football championship with Ukraine, the political economic situation of the country is regarded as the most striking success story of … Read the rest
To coincide with my paper on Queen Victoria’s dramatisation on the big and small screen at the Making of a Modern Monarchy conference I wrote this blog post for History … Read the rest
With some claiming the most recent proposal to develop Taksim Square in Istanbul – regarded as a central space of political and social mobilisation – as the latest “mad project” … Read the rest