Something about wizards and elves...
Not since the Star Wars trilogy has there been so much build up and hype about the release of a film.
Features: Mind control and magic dust
Everybody knows the power of the media. It started with the papers and grew. Now we have the Internet, so important it demands no less than a capital 'I'. The media has revolutionised our lives. The media is the ultimate scapegoat. Some kid massacres his classmates with an AK47? Blame the media. Cat stuck up a tree? Blame the media. The 'media' possesses the same mystery as the 'market' - it seems to exist in no known physical space, subject only to its own indecipherable laws, controlled by no one. A hyper reality, existing on 'another level', reaching everyone in the land, yet only rarely gracing anyone with its hallowed touch....
Features: Reality check
It's an ordinary high street. People are wearing normal clothes. They are carrying shopping, not piles of books. They are not talking about quantum mechanics. No one is dressed in a red fur-trimmed robe. I don't think we're in Oxford any more, Toto.
Features: 100 Worst TV moments
Was it me, or was the quality of television this Christmas more than a little disappointing? Not that one's whole vacation should be spent immersed in the delights of Auntie's Bloomers or Bob the Builder's Christmas Special, but we all need something on the box during the festive season to save the family from tearing each others' hair out. ...
Features: Euro the one I want
On New Year's Day, the single European currency became a physical reality. The new Euro money will affect the daily lives of over 300 million people in the twelve participating countries.
Features: Blunkett's Blunder
In the classic 70s television comedy Rising Damp, the plain spoken landlord Rigsby treated his black tenant Philip with open prejudice. His overtly ignorant comments about voodoo magic and tribal customs were so ridiculous that it was impossible to find anything but humour in them.