Monthly Archives: February 2015

Of speech and space and shouting and platforms

I was truly disturbed this weekend: not so much by the letter about “free speech” as by the response to it and then, in turn, the inevitable response to the response. It set off a train of thoughts and fears, … Continue reading

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Meet the Greys

I have been writing about 50 Shades – along with almost every other journalist in the UK. It wasn’t altogether easy. No: not because the film was awful (i wouldn’t quite go that far); but because press passes were in … Continue reading

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The depths of financial depravity

Were you cross at today’s news that HSBC, the UK’s largest banking group had, for years, assisted UK taxpayers in moving large sums of money offshore into secret Swiss bank accounts? Or spittingly angry that our tax inspectorate, the HMRC, … Continue reading

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