Sam Hallam interviewed by the BBC on the day he witnessed the Court of Appeal quashing his murder conviction as "unsafe."
East London Lines pays special tribute and respect to the people of Hoxton, East London who successfully campaigned for the overturning of Sam Hallam’s murder conviction and helped gain his release from prison Wednesday this week. (more…)
GB Olympic Football Image: Leon Puplett
East London Lines wants your views on who should represent Britain for Olympic football challenge.
The draw has landed Great Britain’s men’s team in a group they will do well to qualify from. (more…)
pic: Michael Pooler
Despite its promise as a new and refreshingly quirky comedy-drama, Derek, aired as a one-off last night on Channel 4, is a reversion to type in the worst way possible for Ricky Gervais. Populated by thinly-veiled stereotypes that stumble through an unconvincing narrative, it was a resoundingly unfunny production by a funny man whose comic Midas touch appears to be deserting him. (more…)
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Cheap tricks in an electoral race? This is classic Boris, says Aaron Lee (more…)
Tabby Kinder
Increasingly I feel awkward and embarrassed when walking around my city. Most mornings, upon leaving my house, I attract the attention of at least one lecherous motorist, or a pair of wayward builders. When I step out into the open, I am stepping into a man’s world, where I must be reserved yet sexual, demure yet demanding, and attractive, without allowing myself to become an exhibit. (more…)
The end of the abattoir? Pic: Thomas Bjørkan
So you’re curled on a sofa halfway through the advert break when one of those lovingly filmed food-porn adverts comes on. “Sticky cow tissue with the consistency of an undercooked egg,” murmurs a sensual female voice. “Lovingly scraped from stem cells, hand-stretched on strips of Velcro, and minced into a delicious patty. Mmm.” It might not sound appetising, but the vat-grown meat unveiled on Monday by scientists at Maastricht University may be the only viable answer to the crisis brewing under your dinner table. (more…)
Channel 4 are laughing at gypsies in the name of documentary, says Tillie Cox, and their advertising campaign is about as David Attenborough as Big Brother.
Will Coldwell
The Independent’s columnist Christian Patterson today described Ghost Bikes as ‘rusty eyesores’. Here, our writer Will Coldwell responds. (more…)
Aaron Lee
By clamping down on journalists using Twitter, media organisations aren’t doing themselves any favours, says Aaron Lee.
The argument over Twitter and professional conduct took a step up this week when word that Sky News is clamping down on staff tweets sent ripples of indignation through media land. (more…)
Claire Shaw
The idea that headteachers who earn over £100,000 a year should be “named and shamed” according to Union leader, Chris Keates, is irrational, unnecessary and simply unfair. (more…)
