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- Still think the Girl Guides should have gone with my more concise (&superhero tinged) suggestion: “To do the right thing.” 10 hours ago
- An entire R4 Thought For The Day comparing superheroes & villains, their powers&motivations. Sweet. 10 hours ago
- Well thanks all. My column about my life in municipal pools (including the one with Paul Weller in it) is for next week’s @BigIssue 2 days ago
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
A Smashing Time: Murray Melvin on busting taboos in the 60s
For the third of my One to Ones for Radio 4 I wanted a Missing Angle on the golden age of British theatre and cinema — from the late 50s to the early 70s. You can listen to it here. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Film, Radio, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged 60s, Alfie, cinema, culture, Dirk Bogarde, film, HMS Defiant, Joan Littlewood, Ken Russell, kitchen sink drama, michael caine, Murray Melvin, Stanley Kubrick, The Devils, Theatre Royal Stratford, Victim
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Can we laugh about this? Race on film
I spent an hour with the Film Club charity in Battersea Park School in South London today,(I’m a trustee) discussing the treatment of race and racism on film. It was Anti-Racism Day, apparently. I chose clips from a sample of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Comedy, Education, Film, Media, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged 50s, 60s, 70s, cinema, culture, Douglas Sirk, India, indians, Peter Sellers, sitcoms, Susan Kohner, terrorism, tv
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The Missing Angle on the Arab Spring: The Soviet Era dissident’s tale
I met renowned Polish Jewish journalist, Konstanty Gebert, from Gazeta Wyborcza at an EU conference for Arab journalists last year. His family had mostly died in the Warsaw Ghetto, his mother survived to take up arms with the Communists and … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, Media, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Arab Spring, journalism, media, Poland, politics, publishing, Soviet era
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Don’t Go There, Lady
I wrote to journalist and future doctor Lucy Mathen as a child when she presented Newsround. More than 30 years later we met. I wrote a feature about it for The Guardian. And as a result of learning about how … Continue reading
Posted in Children, journalism, Politics, Radio, Science, Travel, Uncategorized, War
Tagged books, charity, culture, India, journalism, Lucy Mathen, medicine, politics
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Something Warhammer This Way Comes
I discovered the world of Warhammer and Warhammer 40K through my son. Warhammer 40K was launched just over 25 years ago. To mark the anniversary I have written a feature about its world of table top fantasy wargaming for the BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Comics/graphic novels, Culture, Games, War
Tagged culture, FTW, Games Workshop, media, Nottingham, war, Warhammer, zombies
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Women and the Arab Spring
Here are some good links on the speakers at the Women Of The World (WOW) Arab Spring panel discussion 3pm Saturday March 10th it the Purcell Room in London’s Southbank Centre. I’m chairing. Whether you are coming or not, the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Justice, Film, journalism, Media, Politics, Uncategorized, War
Tagged Arab Spring, censorship, Egypt, feminism, media, politics
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