Tag Archives: Martin Luther King
Page 3 and pushy feminists
The weird argument being wheeled out over how feminist campaigners somehow made The Sun keep Page 3 just to spite them reminded me of this Radio 4 programme I made about Procrastination and what Martin Luther King had to say … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, journalism, Media
Tagged Martin Luther King, page 3, procrast, Something Understood, The Sun, The Times
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LBJ and JFK: Assassination & the struggle for power
“The King – the President – is dead. The King has a brother. The brother hates the Vice-President. You have a really Shakespearean struggle for power here.” Robert Caro, Lyndon B Johnson’s biographer talking to me about the assassination. It … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged 1963, 60s, asassination, elitism, JFK, LBJ, Martin Luther King, Michael Goldfarb, politics, Robert Caro, US Congress, US Presidency, US Senate
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Hero or love rat? Jane Austen and procrastination
I made a Something Understood about Procrastination, focused on heroes. From the world of statecraft we have JFK’s use of delay to avert World War III in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and in contrast Dr Martin Luther King challenging the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, History, Politics, Radio, Uncategorized
Tagged billy liar, Charlie Brown, Hamlet, Jane Austen, Martin Luther King, Procrastination, Racism, shakespeare
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