The state of Alternative comedy
April 28, 2012 8:51 am Leave your thoughts
This year Britain's king of alternative comedy, Billy Connolly, hits 70-years-old. Still alive and kicking. But is the notion of alternative comedy dead asks Miles Caston.
Henry David Thoreau 150th anniversary
April 28, 2012 8:41 am Leave your thoughts
The importance of Henry David Thoreau, the man who told us all we must listen to the world and march to a different drummer, is greater now than the day he died 150 years ago in May 1862, says Miles Caston.
University fees and a recession?
April 28, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sam Hunt says whenever he says that he doesn't believe in the recession, he feels like some sort of conspiracy theorist, yet considering the vast scope of our economy even at a base level it makes him too sceptical to believe that the recession is anywhere near as large as it is made out to be, if not completely non-existent. One such example is the revenue that universities generate.
East Africa at the Brink: Hidden Hands behind Sudan’s Oil War
April 27, 2012 6:10 pm Leave your thoughts
Once again Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid victories over his enemies as thousands of jubilant supporters danced and cheered. But this time around the stakes are too high, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Alternative music
April 27, 2012 8:29 am Leave your thoughts
Pop dinosaurs head up Britain's Eurovision challenge and the Olympic jamboree. New seasons of X Factor and Pop Idol are being spawned in some modern marketing womb of entertainment hell. They are destroying Britain's reputation as an alternative music powerhouse, writes Miles Caston.
The French Presidential Campaign: As Viewed from the Rue de Solférino
April 26, 2012 8:19 am Leave your thoughts
David Eade talks to Pierre Kanuty about Francois Hollande's real chance of victory in the upcoming French election.
An Olympian Inspiration
April 25, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
With the Olympic Games and Paralympics only months away, Hussein Al-Alak introduces some of the key competitors of the Paralympics
Advantage Hollande
April 24, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
David Eade on the increase in French left-wing voters and the possibility this might mean victory for Francois Hollande.
The Keys to the Blood Bank
April 22, 2012 9:00 am Leave your thoughts
The Conservative minister charged with protecting wildlife is making a packet as a result of weak wildlife protection laws, writes George Monbiot.
Rejection of the wi-fi world
April 22, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Miles Caston makes the case that life is better lived off-line