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Back from France to discover some news that might, um, set the musical world on fire: new research shows that 'Für Elise' may not

The Shadow Home Secretary has recently promised that a Conservative government will crack down on all types of extremists, including the ‘non-violent' ones. At

Is it just me or has the whole world gone mad? Yesterday the Spittoon revealed that Inayat Bunglawala - the Mr Bean of modern

A new message from Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban, recently surfaced marking the Islamic festival of Eid which passed just over two weeks

Robert Saviano has a poignant article in today's Times about the persecution of Italian journalists, which ties in with Maria Delius's piece in this

Does the Sun's switch in support matter? No, is the short answer. The media's power is vastly overestimated both by politicians and, of course,

Part of my weekend was spent reading David Galula's Counter-Revolutionary Warfare: Theory and Practice. Galula fought in the wartime resistance and then in Indochina

A few weeks ago, I wrote a short jokey blogpost on the subject of Onion TV's satire of conspiracy theories about the media. (Weather