SubscriptionsSection: Culture & Society
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WORD OF THE WEEK: seagull manager
seagull manager (n.) an overseer who arrives, ruins everything, then departs without fixing it Two former UK Prime Ministers stepped back into the political limelight this week. One is a level-headed, fiercely pro-European, and still highly respected statesman, who has boldly used his platform to wade into the on-going High Court battle over Boris Johnson’s…
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The Show Ends in Mumbai: Why U2 Must Reconsider Its Gig in Modi’s India
CJ Werleman is in danger of burning his ‘Rattle and Hum’ Tour T-Shirt after the Irish band’s recent announcement that its recent tour will end in Modi’s India.
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The Odeon of Death Film of the Week: The Bulk
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. The Bulk (2019) BULK SMASH BACKSTOP! After laugh-a-minute Doctor Alex Johnson is exposed to Gammon radiation, he transforms into the Uncredible Bulk, a violently destructive idiot with his ever-present catchphrase, “Don’t make me Ukippy… you wouldn’t like me when…
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Uncivil War – A Social Media Conflict Without An End
Otto English laments how the culture war that began with the EU Referendum has now polarised and enveloped every aspect of our national debate online.
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Odeon of Death: Solent Red
Solent Red (2022) In a polluted and starving Britain of the near-future, Charlton Heston’s under-resourced policeman discovers the terrible truth about the nation’s main food supply, Get Ready-Brek… The Odeon of Death can be found on Twitter at, perhaps not altogether surprisingly, @OdeonofDeath.
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Scofflaw
(n.) someone who treats the law with contempt; someone who deliberately flouts rules that are difficult to enforce
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Odeon of Death: Cecil B DeMille’s Cain & Unable (1949)
The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. Cecil B DeMille’s Cain & Unable (1949) And it came to pass in the land of Angels there were two brothers, one brutish with hair like unclean corn, and one a bit nicer. And lo, when Unable saw what…
