In this political poker game, Barack Obama always folds
Archive for December, 2010
Martin Rowson
By Martin Rowson /Saturday, December 18th, 2010The time is right for fighting in the street
Chris Proctor
By Chris Proctor /Saturday, December 18th, 2010You shall go the ball – but it’s a grim fairy tale
Crackers, duds and some guilty pleasures
By Patrick Mulcahy /Saturday, December 18th, 2010Films of the year 2010
US tried to scupper Chavez’ missile deal with Russians
By Marcus Papadopoulos /Saturday, December 18th, 2010The United States was so concerned about Russia’s decision to supply anti-aircraft missiles to Venezuela in 2009 that it tried to scupper the deal, according to American diplomatic cables revealed on WikiLeaks
Thousands march against EMA abolition
By James Pearson /Friday, December 17th, 2010Teachers and politicians united with thousands of students across the country on Monday to protest against the abolition of the Educational Maintenance Allowance. Peaceful lunchtime protests were held at more than a hundred colleges, with marches in Blackpool, Dudley, Bath and Hackney
When King James ‘shewed us his glory and his great asse’
By Nigel Nelson /Friday, December 17th, 2010Bible: The Story of the King James Version 1611-2011 by Gordon Campbell
Oxford University Press, £16.99
Mullin over the slow death of New Labour
By Paul Anderson /Friday, December 17th, 2010Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010
by Chris Mullin
Profile, £20
Got a synthesiser? This band can advise you
By Cary Gee /Friday, December 17th, 2010The Human League
Royal Festival Hall, London
‘Soviet Union’ will soon be back in business under iron man Putin
By Marcus Papadopoulos /Friday, December 17th, 2010The slow but steady construction of a “new Soviet Union” – or reconstruction of the old – appears to be progressively taking shape under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the man considered by most observers to really hold the reins of power in the Kremlin