Bristling Badger

Patti Smith is one of this year's inductees to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I've seen footage of induction ceremonies down the year...

I've got a new article published over at U-Know. It started life as an enraged response to Chris Huhne's performance at a panel deba...

Interesting to look at the BBC site telling us about how we're in Iraq to bring democracy. Buried in a story about Iraqi prisoners esca...

I really hate Cosmopolitan and all those other You're Ugly And Wrong magazines. The perpetuation of knight in shining armour myths, the ...

For a very long time - in internet terms - there's been a website called Hot Or Not . People upload pictures of themselves (or people th...

Nice to learn this : Deep Purple's latest album has been withdrawn after the group told fans not to buy it. Sony BMG made the decision a...

As Paul Simon warned , 'taking downs to get off to sleep and ups to start you on your way, after a while they’ll change your style'....

My recent article on green electricity companies strongly recommended Ecotricity and Good Energy. I stand by that absolutely, but in resear...

In December, The Independent launched its War On Waste campaign. There have been several front page splashes and numerous smaller articles...

The Good Year balloon. We all just accepted it back then in the 70s, as if it were normal and interesting. Looking back, it's utterly bi...