Kabul and Tehran in the early 1970's were full of miniskirts, although the religious in the countryside were not happy about this. It's easy to forget how much more similar to the West other urban pa… (View Post)

But ypu're proposing exactly a kind of free-market fundamentalism that the U.S. itself doesn't practice, nor any of our neighbours. How have we arrived at this odd consensus ? Whether people believe … (View Post)

This a great article. I recommend the British Film Institute's streaming channel, as well as MUBI for more challenging material. The French/German consortium I think behind Canal+ is also about to la… (View Post)

Morning PBers. An excellent article from Will Hutton on hoe Britain, unlike almost all.its peers, continues to sell off its most strategic assets, thinking thar this is the American-style free market… (View Post)

Twitter has even worse vibes. I repeatedly see an alliance of islamists and far-rightists posting literally Nazi-era , 1930's antisemitic cartoons, which are not taken down. Extreme anti-semitism is … (View Post)