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Technology and Loneliness – new podcast from The Pod Delusion
Check out The Pod Delusion, episode 35, in which I have a pop at the idea that new technology is contributing to the (alleged) increase in loneliness. I felt like saying something after listening to an episode of Radio Four’s You and Yours earlier in the week, entitled Is Modern Life Making You Lonely?. I […]
Grassroots activism – time to think the unthinkable?
May 16, 2010
Yesterday, a little the worse for wear after the excellent Alabama3 gig and consequent after-party in Brixton, I joined my friend Kate at Parliament Square for some guerilla gardening. For the last couple of weeks, the square has been taken over by Democracy Village, which is a surprisingly large number of tents, even a small […]
Women in the election – new podcast from The Pod Delusion
May 14, 2010
I’m podcasting again, this week with The Pod Delusion. My segment’s about women in the election. A lot of people have been seeing red about the ludicrous imbalance in the new government (and the old ones as well), including The F-Word, the Guardian, the Guardian again, and the Fawcett Society. In my bit, I get […]
Sunday Times Style, please go away and learn some respect for women
May 11, 2010
I haven’t bought a newspaper for about five years. I read them online. On Sunday, however, I was at a friend’s house and, while the kettle was boiling and my friend was laying the cakes out, I flicked through the pile on the coffee table. Ah, Sunday Times Style, I thought, and had a look. […]
The revolution will not be twitterised, apparently
May 7, 2010
The above statement may seem counterintuitive, even incorrect. Twitter sparkles with ideas, among all the links, gags, and TV commentary, and when people talk about politics, they talk of little else but change. So what the hell happened today? In my corner of Twitter, the pre-election talk was LibDems or bust. All sorts of people […]
Support Hope Not Hate in Barking – please donate or get down there
May 5, 2010
Two more days left until the election closes. Two more days of the thrilling yet sickening agony of not-knowing, knee deep in hashtags on Twitter. Or two more days to spend in Barking & Dagenham helping Hope Not Hate spread the word against the BNP, who are trying to take over the local council. I […]
Look at my nice new outfit
May 3, 2010
Change was long overdue, and here it is. There’ll be a proper relaunch of everything later on, but for now, please bear with me while I tweak any broken links and formatting glitches on this little upgrade. I’m keeping it simple for the moment and sticking with wordpress.com for now. Even so, there are 89 […]
Oh god who the hell shall I vote for?
May 1, 2010
I normally avoid current affairs blogging. There are so many experts, and ‘experts’, filling the air that I just can’t see how my opinion, scattered on the top with all the others like so many hundreds and thousands, is of any use to anyone. But I’m scared. It is childishly cynical to say ‘I don’t […]
May 28, 2010
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