‘Charity advertising serves as the calling-card of an inaccessible society’. David Hevey 1992 In 1981 Evan Kemp wrote in the New York Times about the Jerry Lewis telethon in the USA which raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The telethon emphasizes the desperate helplessness of the most severely disabled. In doing so, it reinforces […]
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Stephen Fry is blogging – blessays are what he calls his blog essays. The first one was on mobile phones and it was wonderful in it’s very indepth knowledge of phones, interfaces and operating systems (if a very long read). The lastest blessay is on fame – and not a legwarmer in sight! I’m rather […]
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So she tells the Advocate when they ask her. Something is a bit strange about this – whilst the rumours about Hilary have been pedalled by her oponents for years why does it take a gay magazine which is very much against outing – (even the homophobes in Washington) – to ask her this question? […]
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Sky News reports that Mourinho has left Stamford Bridge. BBC News 24 report that senior players received text messages this evening confirming Jose Mourinho’s departure So no more special one on Today FM? What will Mario Rosenstock do? I predict a No. 1 Record with a new version of ‘I think I better leave right […]
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Conor Pope writes about consumer blogging and online activism in today’s Irish Times (something I’m not adverse to myself you might have noticed…I’d be interested in any reactions to the piece. I regularly check into Iwillnothold.com and ValueIreland – where you’ll see questions asked that are never asked in the mainstream media – particularly on […]
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