this review also features on offguardian Introduction On Friday, August 31, I had an email from OffGuardian editor Catte: How do you feel about reviewing a new 9/11 book for the anniversary? I know you’re a sceptic but that is … Read More »
to her case was a distinction lost on most of us: that between an employee and a worker. Why did it matter, and did she win? Only one way to find out: carl v universtiy of sheffield judgment *
The men who made us fat … employ an army of food scientists and psychologists to trick us into eating more than we need, while advertisers use the latest findings in neuroscience to overcome our resistance. They hire biddable scientists … Read More »
In a recent post I quoted a well known figure from memory – never a good idea in public – of his 1996 interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr. The figure in question, Noam Chomsky, made his mark initially in … Read More »
Fellow SheffieIders from eighteen to eighty-eight – if you want a great night out with live music from top quality musicians who know how to get folk on the floor and dancing, here’s two city bands guaranteed to deliver. Every … Read More »
Last night I slept by the river, half a mile from Hereford on a flat patch of bank with lush long grass, short steep slope to the water and the whole hidden from housing on the far bank by the … Read More »
Today Kaye has alerted me to this, on the UCU website. The screengrabbed image links to the page in question. My thanks to those who have supported me in this long struggle. Roddis v Sheffield Hallam Part 8 *
The FB exchanges below, originals here, are a little complicated but hardly rocket science. The posters – all of them – appear broadly to share my views on the West’s dirty war on Syria. Yes, all of them. That includes … Read More »
I never watch togger any other time, but get excited at world cup games. In a packed pub in Birmingham on Tuesday night I amazed myself by leaping to my feet to scream “off-off–OFF” after a smirking Barrios head-butted Henderson … Read More »
What’s that you’re saying? Your ringtone for a hearse? Snapped the other day on Bridge Street, Stratford upon Avon.