Wednesday Wrap
Here’s our occasionally regular wrap of the best of the web from the past seven days for those of you
Read moreBBC executive payoffs have saved millions
Posted by Professor Richard Sambrook “Unedifying” was the label the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee gave to the spectacle
Read moreConference Report on Doctor Who: Walking in Eternity – An International Interdisciplinary Conference Celebrating 50 Years in Time and Space
Posted by Dr Ross Garner University of Hertfordshire, 3-5 September 2013 Last week I had the pleasure of attending and presenting
Read moreWhy have Real Madrid paid so much for Gareth Bale? It’s a commercial investment
Posted by Dr John Jewell One of the most tedious but enduring stories of a summer packed with sporting incident has
Read more‘Oh Yes, It’s Ladies Night’: The Branding of ITV’s ‘I Love Saturday’ Zone
Posted by Dr Ross Garner As I tuned in on Saturday night in anticipation of the first episode of the new
Read more5 ways military intervention is justified – Libya and Syria
Posted by Dr John Jewell Last night, Parliament rejected the government’s proposals for possible UK military action against Syria to deter
Read moreTragedy in Syria – Propaganda and Counter Propaganda
Posted by Dr John Jewell On Wednesday 21st August news began to break of another atrocity in Syria. The BBC described
Read moreThe Daze of Future Past? The Wolverine, Franchises and Fandom
Posted by Dr Ross Garner Recently, after a few delays, I finally got around to seeing The Wolverine (Mangold, 2013). Amid
Read moreJournalism under attack? The Guardian and press freedom
Posted by Dr John Jewell The detention of David Miranda, the partner of investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald, at Heathrow airport over
Read moreThe lost middle ground of reason
Posted by Prof. Richard Sambrook One thing that troubles me deeply about the current arguments over the UK security services questioning
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