Cheap Labour and the Edinburgh Fringe
Last week Stewart Lee wrote a column for the Guardian about the profiteering promoters who are making it increasingly difficult for performers to bring their work to the Edinburgh Fringe,…
Rape culture, not Asian culture, is to blame for Rochdale
Follow Emma-Kate McAlpine on Twitter and on Tumblr. She discusses this story in her third podcast with Lauren Cole, which you can play at the bottom of this page. The…
We must refuse to be the armchair generals cheering young people all the way to the graveyard
By Ryan Bridgewater The vast majority of people have sympathy for the young men who are returning home in body bags with their futures cruelly curtailed. Many also recognise the…
Edinburgh is Sleepwalking into a Cultural Disaster
Guest post by Harry Giles The litany has become terribly familiar: La Belle Angele, the Big Red Door, the Lot, the Roxy Arthouse, the Forest Café, and now Cabaret Voltaire…
Shop a Scrounger – the £1500 F&M poem
We always knew things in Fortnum and Mason were expensive. But this poem cost Danny Chivers £1500. He was among those found guilty yesterday of 'aggrevated trespass with intent to…
Kony 1984
On Tuesday, as I logged into facebook and twitter, it seemed everywhere I gazed people were posting videos and hash tags telling me that it was 2012, Kony 2012 in…
Cameron’s alcohol initiative will not tackle root problem
By Anna Perkins David Cameron has vowed to tackle the ‘scandal’ of alcohol abuse and public drunkenness that costs the NHS a year by supporting minimum pricing. Very laudable, Dave.…
Is there for honest poverty? – happy Burns' night
- Sheena Wellington sings at the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. "The Scottish Parliament, which adjourned on March 25, 1707, is hereby reconvened" Is there for honest Poverty…
Internet yet again highlights depressing state of humanity
I’m sure that many of you will have read recently about the Official Gary Glitter twitter account. For those of you who haven’t a “social experiment” was conducted by a…
The Idea of Communism
"From Plato onwards, Communism is the only political idea worthy of a philosopher" - Alain Badiou "Do not be afraid, join us, come back! You've had your anti-communist fun, and…