Harry Potter creator J K Rowling has been voted Britain’s most influential woman.
The author, philanthropist and all-round good egg came top in a list compiled to celebrate the centenary of the National Magazine Company, beating Victoria Beckham into second place. Queen Elizabeth II only managed third.
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13 Oct 2010 15:00 GMT
Charlie Sheen is paid cool US$1.8million per episode of Two & a Half Men, the comedy sitcom about two bachelors and a kid living in Miami. I guess it's safe to say that Sheen is a popular guy, or in TV terms at least. I'm not gonna lie, the show itself has some hilarious one-liners, although most are attributed to the kid, played by Angus T. Jones- just turned 17, I might add, and earning US$300,000 per episode. It's Sheen, however, who is the supposed star of this show, a...
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12 Oct 2010 17:00 GMT
I’ve never been a fan of spin doctor extraordinaire Alastair Campbell. I saw him speak at journalism school a few years ago, and the speech was not memorable. One question in the Q&A afterwards was though – it went “As PR students, we are taught that we must never become the story. With that in mind, does that mean you are actually spectacularly bad at your job?” Ha ha, Campbell. In your FACE.
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06 Oct 2010 14:00 GMT
I love sushi. Fortunately, living on the California coast, I have access to fresh fish at less than astronomical. But the sad reality of it is sushi is expensive, partly because fish is so expensive. Our waters are contaminated and the demand for fresh caught (and sometimes farm raised) fish is high. A US based company called AquaBounty Technologies is aiming to fill the gap with a new genetically a...
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28 Sep 2010 14:00 GMT
I am a woman. I, consequently, have boobs. They are kind of an inevitability for most of us, and for many will be a cause of some problems, arguments and issues. Don’t get me wrong, boobs are also beautiful, sensual and downright fun things to have – but that is only part of the time. Boobs become a problem for women when we are judged because of them (although I fail to see why cleavage is viewed as the devil in the workplace), ignored in preference of chest-speak, or treated differently onl...
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24 Sep 2010 13:30 GMT
If you were living under a rock you might have missed the fact that television personality and part-time poker of hot topics, Bill Maher, resurrected footage from a decade or so ago showcasing rabid right-wing American Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell, darling of the Tea Party and self-confessed non-masturbator, as she admitted to hanging around with questionable young men and "dabbling in wit...
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23 Sep 2010 15:00 GMT
The very first time I came to France, I expected to see visible signs of resistance against Americanism. At that time, Parisians embraced the growing American influence in their city much better than those in the countryside and to a great degree, that’s still true today. Only now, the influence has spread tenfold. You hear American music in bars, restaurants and supermarkets, see American-inspired diners and burger joints springing up all over the city (though most are disappointing and gimm...
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23 Sep 2010 08:09 GMT
In case you were in any doubt about the way feminism has destroyed society, the Daily Mail has decided to tell us this week that us women’s libbers are also responsible for the popularity of fast food, obesity in children and the death of home cooking.
In an article written by food writer and journalist Ro...
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22 Sep 2010 09:49 GMT
The 3rd edition of the ominous brick the New Oxford American Dictionary is in the works, and as a result comes the occasional leaks about changes to the volume. The Oxford University Press Blog posted some of the more… interesting changes earlier this week. Let's just say the English language isn't quite what it used to be.
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20 Sep 2010 08:54 GMT
“I don’t know how to break it to you, but it will take another century and a half.”
Thus spoke feminist icon Gloria Steinem, delivering her verdict on the state of women’s rights today.
Speaking at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania last week, the veteran journalist and activist told an audience of men and women, young and old that we’re currently in a “second stage of resistance” in which c...
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15 Sep 2010 12:00 GMT