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According to Norman Lamont “one of the great mistakes that the Thatcherites made is that you could go on being radical forever” I was reading this and it got me thinking about politics in general. Radicalism works in politics. From Obama to thatcher the radicalism of new ideas engage people in politics.
Politics is boring. You [...]

Todays Independent has a Digital Age supplement, its lead story covering the implementation of an EU Directive come the end of March which will require the storage of information on all our internet activity, emailing and browsing for a minimum of 2 years. The article discussed the obvious implications for our privacy, the burden placed [...]

Marketa Irglova, who seems interminably soft spoken and embarassed to be imposing herself on our lives, didnt get  a chance to make her thanks at the Oscar ceremony this past Sunday partly due to Glen Hansard rambling on and also the ‘wrap it up’ music drowing her out. Jon Stewart, kind soul that he is [...]

So now it seems Seth Rogen is having his way with my gal, Elizabeth Banks. Hands off Seth. Watch the video here.

So in a retort to his girlfriends claim that she was engaged in ‘relations’ with Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel has assembled quite the cast to reveal that he has been busy with a close friend of Matt’s. This video enabled me write the above headline but I didn’t enjoy it as much as Sarah Silverman’s, [...]

So  we here at the Dossing Times have some good intuition – we tipped Marion Cotillard for greatness 2 years ago when she won the award for Slammin’ Hottie of the Year award at the 2006 Dossing Times Movie Review of the Year. Her appearance last night did nothing to undo that accolade. She added [...]

It is Monday another week working for the man lies ahead. But don’t despair rejoice because it can mean only one thing. The Dossing Times Monday Cheer Up. Something to sing to and something to laugh at. Something to sing. From the movie Arthur with Dudley Moore.

And to go with this the often forgotten but [...]

Today 4.45 and my ticket for the ‘Surprise Film’ at 5.30 is nowhere to be found. Proceeding to the Savoy at much haste, a woman who I never wanted to see again having begged her to sell me extra tickets to the Gala showings of ‘In Bruges’ and ‘There Will Be Blood’ calmly replaced my [...]