The Pope on cinema: "One of cinema’s most valuable contributions is helping audiences consider their own lives, look at the complexity of their experiences with new eyes and examine the world as… (View Post)

Being a bit drunk and lairy, with a frisson of danger from random violence was pretty much a staple of nights out when I were a lad. People need to let off steam every now and then. We are a society … (View Post)

The authorities are suspicious of spontaneous gatherings nowa days. Everything has to be organised and paid for. Unruly mobs of drunks are a great British tradition and a small price to pay for liber… (View Post)

It's just capitalism. They don't want people enjoying the view of the fireworks etc for free. When I was a student, Trafalgar Square etc was free and unticketed fun. As I recall one of the … (View Post)

His Hindutva politics are pretty seedy. It spills over in Leicester on occasions. His propaganda is pretty pernicious. All the most Islamophopic people I know IRL are Hindu. (View Post)