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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,…
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Posted on: 14th June 2023 Last updated on: 3rd November 2024 Written by: bobpitt

Boris Johnson and his hero from Jaws

One interesting feature of Dominic Cummings’ account of Boris Johnson’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic last year was his revelation…
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Posted on: 27th May 2021 Last updated on: 27th May 2021 Written by: bobpitt

Dorset Eye and conspiracies — how a leftwing website mistook satire for fact

If you spend much time on social media you can often come away with the impression that the entire left…
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Posted on: 12th April 2021 Last updated on: 12th April 2021 Written by: bobpitt

How did Boris Johnson get elected as mayor of London?

Writing in the Spectator, James Kirkup argues that, while Boris Johnson is today a Marmite figure whose hardline right-wing Brexiteer…
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Posted on: 7th April 2021 Last updated on: 7th April 2021 Written by: bobpitt

Boris Johnson and Islamophobia

Boris Johnson’s recent Telegraph article, in which he mocked niqab-wearing women by describing them as looking like letter boxes or…
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Posted on: 23rd March 2021 Last updated on: 26th May 2021 Written by: bobpitt

Andrew Gilligan, Boris Johnson and the Iraq dossier

When Pamela Geller hailed Andrew Gilligan as a “superb investigative journalist” for his exposure of “Islamic supremacism” in Tower Hamlets,…
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Posted on: 12th March 2018 Last updated on: 30th June 2021 Written by: bobpitt

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