Month: April 2006
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Spring May Really Have Finally Arrived
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Mazher Mahmood
OK. This is getting silly. According to the latest news at Mediaguardian, Mahmood’s won another temporary injunction preventing publication of his photograph. Why? If he was in a witness protection scheme, then I could understand it. But as far as I’m aware he’s not. So why can’t we see his picture. Well, there’s an old…
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Sam Bourne
Great piece from Kieren McCarthy on the Jonathan Freedland/Sam Bourne fiasco. Be sure to follow all the links.
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George Galloway and the Fake Sheikh
I am absolutely no fan of George Galloway. Time and again he’s shown himself to be a complete buffoon. However, I fail to understand exactly how News International have gained a 24 hour injunction to prevent the publication of pictures of the fake sheikh himself, Mahzer Mahmood. The News of the World regularly publishes photos…
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Meaningless Numerology
Actually, this entry’s title is tautological. All numerology is meaningless. However, should you live in the States, and happen to be up very early tomorrow morning (i.e. late tonight), you can watch as the time ticks through to: 01 02 03 04 05 06 or to be a little clearer 01:02:03 on 04/05/06 Of course…
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Robin Hood
Filming’s just started on the BBC’s new version of Robin Hood – there’s a press release about it here. This version is written by Dominic Minghella, brother of Anthony. I was a big fan of the Michael Praed/Jason Connery series back in the eighties, and with all the growing coverage of his Alex Rider books…
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Last week, just after (re-)opening night, I got to see Christian Slater reprise his role in the stage adaptation of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. To many people, it’s hard to get beyond Jack Nicholson’s screen version of it from 1978. That’s not such a great problem for me, as it’s simply many years…
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Green Wing
Green Wing is another of those comedies that really has just sailed past me. I suppose The Mighty Boosh would be another recent equivalent. The first series of Green Wing, recently repeated in the run-up to the debut of the second series last Friday, ran around 60 mins per episode including ads. While I wasn’t…