The National Theatre has launched its new programme… Hurrah! … featuring a gender-fluid approach to Shakespeare and JM Barrie, a colour-blind revival of Amadeus, and the commissioning of four new plays written by women. Oh. OK… The bold programming contrasts…
Tag: feel-good
*Shrugs* You Get What You Vote For…
The county’s police and crime commissioner, Katy Bourne, wants to increase the police’s share of council tax by 3.4 per cent. That would amount to £5 per year for Band D households, and would mean Mrs Bourne had raised the…
It’s Official – Identity Politics Has Eaten Itself…
Fashion house shock tactics? Surely not! So, it’s been announced that 17-year-old Jaden Smith, son of American actor Will Smith, is to be the new face of Louis Vuitton clothes. To be more specific, the womenswear section. *yawns* But wait!…
Yes, It’s Called ‘Reality’…
Naomi Oreskes struggles with the news that wind power can’t cope: After the signing of a historic climate pact in Paris, we might now hope that the merchants of doubt – who for two decades have denied the science and…
“I’d Like To Buy The World A Coke…”
“…but the SJWs won’t let me!” Consumer rights and health groups are calling on the Mexican government to ban a new Coca-Cola ad depicting young white people handing out Coke as a service project at an indigenous community in southern…
When Did We Abandon Language To The Special Snowflakes?
Frances Ryan whinges predictably: What’s normal? It’s a good question, and as in all matters, my default is to ask: what does Iain Duncan Smith think? Really? Mine’s to turn to Google. Here you go: Luckily, the work and pensions…
Well, There’s Dependency Culture, And Then There’s Dependency Culture…
The homeless support community has been divided after charity Harp decided to start charging rough sleepers for food. Divided, eh? How so..? Soup kitchens have warned the move could leave vulnerable people without food, but Harp has explained it is…
/Golfclap For Haringey Council…
Signs reading ‘NO BALL GAMES’ have oppressed generations of children – but this is about to change. Haringey council is set to review all signs prohibiting sports like football and basketball as part of a new flab fighting alliance. Oh,…
The Rise Of The Mentalists Is Unstoppable…
Or at least it will be, if we don’t start fighting back… And humour seems to be the best weapon!
Who’s Surprised..?
Ray Woolford from Lewisham political party People Before Profit organised the pre-election Deptford Heritage Festival, charging £25 for a four-day ticket and promising seven stages plus mystery celebrity performers who never materialised. It is claimed that many of the events…
As If Businesses Needed Another Reason Not To Hire Women Of Childbearing Age…
The law should be changed to give mothers paid breaks to breastfeed and facilities to feed and store milk, an all-party Parliamentary report has said. Good grief! The group also calls for a raft of guidance to be issued, to…
”… actually a social issue of the greatest importance…”
What is..? Well, according to Baroness Kidron, it’s that eeeeeeevil Internet and its effect on the poor helpless kiddiewinks. At iRights’ heart are five principles: that under-18s should be able to take down any content they have posted on the…
Oh, Right, Clearly It’s All Britain’s Fault…
…for not realising you were backward savages, and not decent human beings: Omar Al-Mukhtar, a Libyan cadet at the base but not one of those implicated in the crimes, said Libyan soldiers thought the men accused of assault had been…
Oxford Dodged A Bullet Here…
Helen Price, writing in the ‘Guardian’ last year, about turning down Oxford to go to Yale: Cash-starved UK universities cannot compete with the funding opportunities offered by US colleges, whose wealthy alumni throw donations at their alma maters. Yale’s $19.4…
Mary Brandon – Feminism’s Answer To Timothy Treadwell…
In a Facebook post which exposes the darker side of the annual street party “supposed to be about community and good vibes”… Ahahahahahaha! Is it really? Pull the other one! … Mary Brandon said she spent nine hours at hospital…