To be seen to be green is emerging as an all imporant marketing tool for any number of products. There is interesting reading in this article from the UK Independent on the false claims of envronmental friendliness made by a number of companies. Information is the most important tool in creating an awareness of climate […]

The year in film to date marked a true highpoint around Oscar time and now has lulled into a world where ‘Meet the Spartans’ topped the US box office in the past few weeks. In the midst of any tacograph of creativity there is usually some talent worth watching but in an age of as […]

Yes it is actually 13 years old. When will chezzy 80s nights be replaced by chezzy 90s nights?

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You can just see in this clip even the actors think this joke is special

Tomorrow brings with it the 1st of April and so too the 70th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics No. 1. If you read the blog anyway regularly you will know I am a huge fan (see here) and in celebration of this benchmark I am putting together a set of […]

Our readership does drop off at the weekend so maybe I should have plugged this earlier in the week, nevertheless Earth Hour ‘08 occurs tonight asking businesses, citizens, basically everybody to turn off all their electricity for an hour from 8 to 9 pm. Dublin as well as other towns and cities around the country […]

The post-modern take on the superhero continues - this trailer for ‘Hancock’ suggests we need not even mention it within the same breath as ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ and lets hope it delivers on its promise. Following his one man show in ‘I am Legend’ Will Smith ranks as one of the most bankable names in Hollywood with the […]

There is a wealth of reading on the topic of censorship, it enforcement and use runs in tandem with the historic development of every society on the planet, used to further political agendas, engender ways of thinking and wallpaper over past indiscretions. Where its limits and benefits rest is surely one of the great questions. […]

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I posted before about the pitfalls of Nuclear power. The FT highlights the largest. The cost of storage of waste.
Energy companies cannot be charged a fully commercial price by the government for disposing of nuclear waste without “killing the prospect” of a new generation of reactors, a government adviser will […]

It is always a shame the the education system rips the soul out of poetry and literature for most people. Here is Wilford Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth.
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; […]

Really this guy is a twat.
A Medway councillor has resigned after claiming on his website that there should be compulsory sterilisation for parents on benefits.