Politics | Basement Garden

Capital punishment is only part of the problem

Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:07 am.

Writing in yesterday’s Telegraph, Brendan O’Neill highlighted an apparent hypocrisy surrounding the recent, unsuccessful campaign to prevent the execution in Georgia of Troy Davis. The article is short, and makes its point pithily. Here’s what Brendan had to say: Yesterday … Continued

Richard Littlejohn’s golden compass

Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:40 pm.

Written by shngrdnr

Having said in my last post that I don’t write about journalism very often, I’m not going to write about it this time. This is only because I’m going to have a little bit of a rant about Richard Littlejohn’s … Continued

The Daily Mail, the ICO and private investigators

Posted on July 7, 2011 at 12:27 pm.

Written by shngrdnr

I don’t write about journalism very often. But like a great many other people, I’ve been stung into action by the revelations that have come out over the last few days. Not only Milly Dowler but, it seems, the phones … Continued

When things go wrong

Posted on April 22, 2010 at 10:00 pm.

Written by shngrdnr

Polyphemus rules Britain I just want to say how much I despise the Daily Mail, and tedious bum rags of every persuasion. Twisting someone’s words to fit your own insidious political agenda is, to my deluded thinking, sick. And that … Continued

An interview, and some stuff about piracy

Posted on April 4, 2010 at 11:18 am.

Written by shngrdnr

I’ve been thinking about comics a bit recently, and how I would define them as a medium. I’m going to post something on the subject in the near future. But before that, a couple of things… Motion comics interview First, … Continued