I’m on the Daily Mirror’s site until the general election, blogging about the progress of the Hope not Hate campaign – a Mirror and Searchlight-backed initiative that celebrates our modern, diverse country and opposes the racist BNP….
Click here for the blog and here to join the campaign….
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Hope not Hate blog, 2010
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Sudan elections: London demo, April 10
Sudan goes to the polls on April 11th - in what could be its first democratic elections since 1986.
It has the potential to be a huge step forward for the whole country, but there also needs to be huge international pressure to ensure the elections are free and fair.
Sudan 365 are following up the [...]
LSE literary festival, reporting war
Saturday morning saw an early crowd turn up at LSE for ‘War Stories: How to bring the battle to the book’, where I shared a platform with Andrew Mueller, an Australian, UK-residing PJ O’Rourke for our times (imagine a country & western version of PJO with less fear & loathing), and the Sunday Times’ Stephen [...]
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robin hood tax launches
Have been working on the launch of the Robin Hood Tax, a gorgeously simple yet brilliant idea on how to repair the gaping hole in public finances left by the banking crisis…. The banks pay a tiny 0.05% tax on their big city transactions, generating up to £250 billion globally, which is shared between protecting [...]
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Drummers for Sudan, the film
Click here to see a wonderful viral campaign film organised by Jamie Catto of Faithless and featuring the lovely Richard Jupp of Elbow, Radiohead’s Phil Selway, Stewart Copeland (Police), and Jonny Quinn (Snow Patrol), leading the drum call for peace in Sudan. They are joined in the film by drummers from all over the [...]
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Sudan campaign event, Saturday 9 January
This week sees a critical moment for Sudan, with aid agencies, diplomats, grassroots activists and ordinary civilians all warning of the possibility of a return to war. To sound the alarm, a whole series of events are happening this week…. There’s an inter-agency report from a whole host of NGOs and campaign groups including Christian [...]
The Strand, BBC World Service
I was on the BBC World Service arts programme - The Strand – yesterday, talking about the book (repeated this morning). After too many years being the one asking the questions, it was a wholly surreal experience with more than a hint of ‘can this be real’?
It was interesting talking to Mark Coles, the [...]
Guardian review, (last Saturday)
The nervously-awaited Guardian’s review for Something is Going to Fall Like Rain, is here
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