The stakes were dramatically raised in the Middle East at the weekend by news that the US is deploying defensive missile systems throughout the Gulf. Writing in the Guardian, Robert Tait warned that the deployment \"may strengthen radical elements in the revolutionary guards\". It is for this reason that President Obama should realise the importanc...read more

Having ostensibly hollowed out subterranean passageways beneath the Barbican, Robert Kusmirowski’s creation manipulates the senses for an emotional evocation of time and place. The Polish artist’s recreation of a World War Two bunker, his first UK solo exhibit, evokes a harrowing wartime narrative.

From the onset, it’s clear an affecting experi...read more

Their qualification could not have got off to a better start, albeit 2 ½ years before the World Cup, a 9-2 aggregate thumping of Mongolia in October 2007 set the wheels in motion for North Korea’s first finals appearance since 1966.

Whilst 1966 is remembered in England for one reason or another, North Korea became the first Asian side to make it...read more

Interesting developments surrounding Kerry McCarthy, Labour’s ‘Twitter Tsar/Czar’…

There is a growing Internet campaign to see her ousted from her parliamentary seat, driven by #kerryout and Kerry Out.net

The about section of the site says:

“Ironically this promotion [to Twitter Tsar/Czar] has been Kerry McCarthy’s downfall. Her new power ...read more

Seventeen Iraqi civilians were killed in Nisoor Square, Baghdad, on 16 September 2007. Some of the bodies were so badly shot up and burned that they had to be identified by their dental records. Guards from the private security firm Blackwater were accused of shooting randomly at the civilians as their convoy passed by, while the company insisted t...read more

Barak Obama’s Republican Party is seemingly heading into choppy waters as American politics heads into the all important midterm elections in 2010. The democrats have lost control of two key states, New Jersey and Virginia; while this may seem the equivalent of Gordon Brown losing control of the economic and political powerhouses of Cornwall and Cu...read more

After leaving CSF Brétigny at fourteen, Menez signed his first professional contract with Sochaux in March 2004, becoming the youngest ever Frenchman to sign a professional contract.

Long before the days when luring French youngsters across the channel was frowned upon, Alex Ferguson reportedly visited Menez’s parents at their home near Paris. H...read more

WOMEN SHOULD BE WINNING TROPHIES, NOT BEING THEM

It’s not an unknown fact that decent roles for women in film have always been hard to come by. It would seem that if you’re a talented actress in Hollywood you have to degrade yourself to performances of the 2D calibre in order to get anywhere. The majority of young girls that try their luck in Ho...read more

I can fully understand the public’s interest in vampires and specifically its latest embodiment within the True Blood series. Bram Stoker\'s Dracula was my bed time reading as a child, and I have since retained a morbid fascination with the undead. Just like Madonna and Kylie, the image of vampires in popular culture has constantly shifted along wi...read more

In the ever progressive film industry, where modern politics, technology and sexuality are now explored more freely it surprises me that the Americans are still unable to move away from the British stereotype that features in so many of their films. It’s almost certain that if you told a young American who has been raised on a diet of Hollywood Blo...read more