Monthly Archives: May 2005

I know this will infuriate those like John Hemming who regards all graffiti as vandalism, but this site is dedicated to some of the more creative images from cities around the world… including this one from… Wolverhampton! Making Pascal Lamy … Continue reading →

For over 40 years Richard Gott has written high quality material on South America. He is currently working on an analysis of Chavez’s Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela. There’s a good article in The Guardian today. The chrysalis of the Venezuelan … Continue reading →

The Tories will continue their descent into hell if they elect Malcolm Rifkind as their next leader.It does, though, raise the interesting prospect of all three major parties (and Respect) being led by Scots.

The Political Hack leaps to the defence of John Hemming MP, and makes some really good points about blogging politicians. If you’ve got an hour or two to spare… read The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Incredible does not do … Continue reading →

Quite a lot of good stuff on a Scottish theme at FirstFoot.com. Some provocative reviews in Good Pop, Bad Pop… and their jokes aren’t bad. The Guardian’s Book Review has a review of Johnny Rogan’s new biography of the grumpiest … Continue reading →

I wrote the other day about the difficulty of getting hold of anything other than mainsteam music. Well, if you live anywhere near a shop that stocks any sort of ‘world’ music (a fairly ridiculous title… all music is presumably … Continue reading →

Letter in The Guardian More social housing is the only answer It is good to see that New Labour has at last recognised that there is a problem in the provision of housing, but it continues to stick rigidly to … Continue reading →

I was speaking to a friend at the weekend who had gone to Walsall to check out a couple of record shops, only to be surprised that they had both closed. I know they didn’t sell ‘records’ in the shape … Continue reading →

Wow! BBC staff are on strike. This morning I woke up and instead of listening to the Today programme with Humphrys, Naughtie and co. winding up politicians over how many angels they can get on a pinhead, we were woken … Continue reading →

Thanks to Sonic for the link… but who wants a Georgeous George t-shirt?