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
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
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