Apple Infidel
| Tue 6 Jul 2010
When I was younger, a death grip was something only Mr Miyagi, erstwhile trainer of “Daniel son” in the Karate Kid movies, could do. In my mind it ...
May Morning
| Mon 3 May 2010
Armed with the three and a half hours (and even less, for some of my compatriots) of dead, alcohol-fuelled sleep, we made our way across Magdalen Brid ...
A Cup of Chai
| Thu 15 Apr 2010
The sun is burning overhead, white-hot in the unforgiving emptiness of the sky. Its relentless heat scorches the stones on which I am sitting and turn ...
Question Time: Was the BNP worth the wait?
| Sun 1 Nov 2009
It seems, then, that the BNP’s appearance on Question Time (22 October) failed to incite the nationalistic fervour which had some critics biting th ...
Why calling it extremism is not enough
| Mon 9 Nov 2009
On Saturday 10th October there was a story on Reuters UK which was not to be found in any major newspaper. This was a demonstration in which “arou ...
Back to Basics
| Sun 25 Oct 2009
Holding true to the maxim of ‘medium voter theory,’ by which an appeal to the rhetoric of ‘tough love’ and ‘zero tolerance’ strikes a muc ...