by nabidana | Feb 15, 2015 | podcast
I am reviving my sometimes-amusing, always-informative Who Governs podcast, monthly. If you are the sort of person who likes both podcasts and the sound of my voice, you are going to be delighted with this. It is a coverage of what’s happening in actual...
by nabidana | Feb 6, 2015 | Labour Leadership, unstupidity
Labour Party officials are concerned that their new campaigning training aid ‘Anytown’, a model town built in rural Yorkshire, is not quickly enough improving the campaign skills of the party’s front bench. Anytown, funded through union donations,...
by nabidana | Jan 18, 2015 | feminism, The Culture
I have been thinking carefully about an important matter – the sexist and basically confusing message of Olivia Newton John’s 1981 hit ‘Physical’. At the start of the song, she outlines classic elements of ‘studied charisma’ which...
by nabidana | Jan 12, 2015 | unstupidity
The correct way to prepare a Stroopwafel is of course to place it on top of a steaming hot cup of coffee, allowing the heat and vapour to soften the syrup and the pastry. When you don’t want a cup of coffee but want some of that cinnamon syrup goodness, you can...
by nabidana | Jan 9, 2015 | Labour Leadership
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