Tuesday, February 19, 2013

How Hilary Mantel's words were twisted | Clegg aids Labour's tax attack | Scorsese and the sickness of celebrity

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Ten must-read blogs

  1. Hilary Mantel's precise, unkind words have been twisted into a "venomous" attack on Kate
    If it's Team Mantel or Team Middleton, Sarah Ditum knows which side she's on...
    By Sarah Ditum

  2. Tories can't master message discipline until Cameron has a clear message
    Conservatives struggle to say things that sound like the sort of thing their leader would say.
    By Rafael Behr

  3. The Vagenda List of the Quietly Awesome
    From ITV's Agenda to the comedian Tiffany Stevenson, a run-down of the people and causes that deserve broader recognition in 2013. By Rhiannon and Holly

  4. Clegg aids Labour's tax attack on the Tories
    The Deputy PM went further than before and accused his coalition partners of turning "a blind eye to the super wealthy" by opposing a mansion tax. By George Eaton

  5. Reeva Steenkamp: our media invites you to ogle a dead woman
    Tasteless photos of the woman found dead at the home of Oscar Pistorius. By Helen Lewis

  6. Why all progressives should support a land value tax
    Through no effort of their own, landowners reap a £100bn annual windfall. Caroline Lucas's bill shows the way towards a moral capitalism. By David Cooper

  7. Scorsese and the sickness of celebrity
    Why "The King of Comedy", released 30 years ago this week, is the director's most disturbing work. By Ryan Gilbey

  8. The story of a kidnapping
    The kidnapping epidemic is just one symptom of increasing lawlessness in Karachi.
    By Samira Shackle

  9. The McDonalds sim and September 12: what does it mean for a videogame to be political?
    Some games try to be explicitly political, while others tap into contemporary moral debates. But how much of a moral message can pixels carry? By John Brindle

  10. How the Israeli press beat the censor to bring "Prisoner X" to their public
    Gagging orders, media censorship and the public interest. By Camilla Schick

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