I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with the campaign against dancehall, as it has echoes of the thought police in action. But […]
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Quote of the week: “cheerful Spaniards”
I always thought that national anthems were ancient texts passed down from generation to generation and sung with pride. As the recent […]
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Austria pulls out of Eurovision
So the unthinkable has happened: a country has decided to NOT take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. I remember hearing comments […]
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Imus, Hos and Snoops
Can Snoop Dogg call a black woman a whore? Who can and cannot call black women “whores”? Who can or cannot call […]
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French candidate threatens to re-write national anthem
National anthems are, on the whole, a bloodthirsty genre. It’s funny that while debate rages around violent or pornographic songs and video […]
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Tony Blair in UK charts?
No, of course it’s not true. It wasn’t really Tony Blair. It’s a well-known fact that the British Prime Minister was in […]