Urban angst, Disney style
Far from being cynical marketing exercises, animations like Up go where others fear to tread
Published by: The Guardian
Monthly Archives: October 2009
A big blind eye to extremism
The failure of our normally sharp antisemitism sensors in the face of East European blandishments is shameful
Published by: The Jewish Chronicle
Politics Weekly podcast: Question Time, the BNP and post offices
We bring in our champion of free speech this week, Henry Porter, to discuss with Jonathan Freedland and myself the issue of the BNP on Question Time. Although both admit they will be watching this evening, both condemn the BBC's … Continued
Published by: The Guardian
I knew the day of Holocaust ‘debate’ would come. Just not in my lifetime
Why is it left to the US to confront the Tories on an alliance with those who distort historical truth and defend Nazi collaborators?
Published by: The Guardian
Jonathan Freedland: Global politics in the decade of radicalism
'Now we were in a Clash of Civilisations, with "radical Islam" replacing fascism and Soviet communism as the west's global enemy'
Published by: The Guardian
The bonds of trust have frayed away. Now masochism is the best strategy
The expenses row has left MPs in public contempt. That's why Conservatives think the way forward is to propose the unpopular
Published by: The Guardian
Obama’s Nobel: It Makes Sense in Norway
Over the last few days a consensus has formed, on both the left and the right, that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama was too much, too soon. Even the President’s warmest admirers were embarrassed by the honor’s … Continued
Published by: The New York Review of Books
Michael White’s conference daily: Cameron calls for smaller government
Michael White is joined by Jonathan Freedland and Gaby Hinsliff for a full analysis of David Cameron's conference speech
Published by: The Guardian
Highs and lows of the 2009 Conservative conference | Polly Toynbee, Andrew Rawnsley, Jonathan Freedland and Michael White
Polly Toynbee, Andrew Rawnsley, Jonathan Freedland and Michael White look at the highs and lows of the 2009 Conservative conference
Published by: The Guardian
Cameron clothes himself in red
Many Guardian readers would have found themselves undergoing a new experience: nodding along at regular intervals to a speech by a Tory leader
Published by: The Guardian