Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Review: The Steven Nolan Show 09/10/2013

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The Nolan Show is occasionally capable of some of the worst examples of local journalism.  The episode earlier this year where they covered...
Monday, 2 September 2013

What I did during the war

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A bit late for the ten year anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War but ah well, better late than never.  This seems somewhat timely gi...
Saturday, 9 March 2013

Cartoons all Revolutionary Socialists should make their kids watch, Part V Pom Poko

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Pom Poko (Studio Ghibli 1994) What it’s about: In my previous entry about Princess Mononoke I talked a little about heavy indust...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013

On Novel to Film adaptations

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Film and Prose fiction are very different medium, so even when you're talking about the same story, characters and content you are never...
Monday, 24 December 2012

Christmas At the Sharp End

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A short story I wrote for my creative writing class a couple of years ago.  Briefly e-published, now available here for free to anyone who w...
Friday, 14 December 2012

Cartoons all Revolutionary Socialists should make their kids watch, Part IV Cities of gold

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Mysterious Cities of G old (TV Series, DiC Entertainment and Studio Pierrot 1983) What it’s about: The year is 1532 and we are...
Friday, 1 June 2012

Cartoons that all revolutionary socialists should make their kids watch, Part III Flight of Dragons

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Flight Of Dragons (Animated feature, Rankin Bass 1982) What its about: As the age of magic draws gives way to the age of r...