‘What me, an Islamophobe?’ Stephen Fry replies to critics
Under the headline “Stephen Fry hits back at accusations of Islamophobia”, the Independent on Sunday reported yesterday on the controversy over Stephen…
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Labour MP was intimidated with antisemitic graffiti, police claim
On 22 November, in a subsequently deleted tweet, Labour MP Feryal Clark denounced the spraying of graffiti on the shutters of her…
Review of Richard Seymour’s ‘Unhitched’
Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens, by Richard Seymour, Verso, 134pp, £9.99 The secularists of the British Humanist Association launched…
Now and Then: A critical analysis
Opinion is clearly polarised over Now and Then, the much-hyped single issued last week in the name of the Beatles. Some fans…
Did Ukraine issue an official stamp to celebrate Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka?
You might have thought there was sufficient substance to the scandal over Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka’s recent appearance in the…
Why did Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields fail to top the charts in 1967?
There are Beatles fans who still harbour resentment over the fact that back in 1967 the group’s double A-sided single…
Cynthia Weil and sixties pop
Sadly, Cynthia Weil died on 1 June, at the age of 82. With her main songwriting partner, husband Barry Mann,…
Pam Bromley and the Rothschilds
Over the years I’ve had a few online spats with a former Labour councillor from Rossendale, one Pam Bromley. The…
Did Zelensky name a Ukrainian army brigade after a Nazi military unit?
On 14 February Volodymyr Zelensky issued a presidential decree awarding the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…
‘Give the pop stars a fairer share of the country’s wealth!’ The Beatles and the Taxman
The reissue of Revolver in a new and expanded edition, fifty-six years after its original appearance, has reinforced my view…