Monthly Archives: September 2005

Well, it’s not exactly mine, but I did produce and mix it. It’s a documentary by World Service journalist Anu Anand (hey, I took that photo!) about how Afghanistan’s conservative society is coping with western influences like music TV. It … Continue reading →

There’s nothing that I can add to Simon Schama’s superb, blistering attack on Bush. I can even forgive him his use of 9/11 to mean September the 11th. http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1567841,00.html

The head of the British secret police, Eliza Manningham-Buller, recently made a speech in which she claimed that “Civil liberties may have to be ‘eroded’ to protect Britons from terrorism”. It’s not surprising that she thinks this; as a spook … Continue reading →

…but it’s a shame that it had to be this man. The former Malaysian Prime Minster Mahathir Mohamad has offended the British High Commissioner by comparing US and UK pilots in Iraq to terrorists. “The British and American bomber pilots … Continue reading →