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Real Madrid are just about to get Konate from Liverpool on a free. Just like they got Trent-Alexander (virtually) free last year. They got Rudiger the same way. Not just defenders either. They got Mba ...

All media have one overarching problem: connecting with an audience. This is normally overcome by using gatekeepers. They control the input and the output in such a way the audience will find them.
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The British do love their political spats. What is it this time?

* Some Indian nutter stabs some white bloke
* The police arrive
* They find the white bloke on the floor
* The Indian claims the ...

Why don't we have any billionaires? The Americans have them, the Chinese have them. The Russians and the Indians have them. The Middle East has them. Only the Third World, Japan and Europe doesn't hav ...

Indonesia has pulled the old Latin America trick. For twenty-five years, ever since the military junta was replaced in 1998, Indonesia has been rocketing along and is now the seventh largest economy i ...

They say billionaires never pay enough taxes in America but the way I see it is they spend all their money either running for office themselves or sticking it into superPACs supporting causes and cand ...

Suddenly everyone's got a new manager. Liverpool's nabbed their statutory Basque from Bournemouth, Chelsea have got top o' the line Xabi Alonso, City have got supposedly top o' the line Enzo Maresca a ...

But this goes some way to explaining the charms of Youtube. You would think, given the number of channels fighting for our attention, everybody's interests would be catered for. But we all know this j ...

I was watching a Youtube about the last British manufacturer of train wagons--I won't give the URL in case this is too specialist for youse guys--when I thought I recognised the name of the company, W ...

Punter: I don't agree with that at all.
AE-ist: Oh, you know more about it than I do, do you?
Punter: Well, no, obviously not if you've been writing a book about it.
AE-ist: So what's your version? ...

That's a lot to go on a placard. I don't think even the British Library would give 'late 9th - 14th century' for a biography of someone who lived in the eleventh century. Though I'm somewhat heartened ...

Yes, it's finally coming home after being (rather mysteriously) delayed by COVID. It will be at the British Museum from September 2026 until July 2027 so get your placards out and join the demo we'll ...

When the artist denies he is responsible for a painting this can be considered a red flag.

Freud had repeatedly denied the work was his before he died in 2011. In 1985, Christie’s identified it ...

When a vast tranche of 'the Mandelson files' are released and every news outlet quotes the same, not very incendiary, exchange between Mandelson and a dim Labour minister, we can be sure there's 'noth ...

I was referring to the spelling. African-Americans have taken to adopting either made-up exotic Christian names or exotically-spelled non-made up ones.

This is the first time any descendant of a S ...

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Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5228 Views: 12685528	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:01 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5228 Views: 12685528	Real Madrid are just about to get Konate from Liverpool on a free. Just like they got Trent-Alexander (virtually) free last year. They got Rudiger the same way. Not just defenders either. They got Mba ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2933 Views: 1815174	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:56 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2933 Views: 1815174	All media have one overarching problem: connecting with an audience. This is normally overcome by using gatekeepers. They control the input and the output in such a way the audience will find them. ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6132 Views: 6191248	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:22 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6132 Views: 6191248	The British do love their political spats. What is it this time? * Some Indian nutter stabs some white bloke * The police arrive * They find the white bloke on the floor * The Indian claims the ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3807 Views: 2666954	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:19 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3807 Views: 2666954	Why don't we have any billionaires? The Americans have them, the Chinese have them. The Russians and the Indians have them. The Middle East has them. Only the Third World, Japan and Europe doesn't hav ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 987 Views: 554282	Forum: Politics Posted: 3:11 pm Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 987 Views: 554282	Indonesia has pulled the old Latin America trick. For twenty-five years, ever since the military junta was replaced in 1998, Indonesia has been rocketing along and is now the seventh largest economy i ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3807 Views: 2666954	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:37 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3807 Views: 2666954	They say billionaires never pay enough taxes in America but the way I see it is they spend all their money either running for office themselves or sticking it into superPACs supporting causes and cand ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5228 Views: 12685528	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:55 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5228 Views: 12685528	Suddenly everyone's got a new manager. Liverpool's nabbed their statutory Basque from Bournemouth, Chelsea have got top o' the line Xabi Alonso, City have got supposedly top o' the line Enzo Maresca a ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2933 Views: 1815174	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:11 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2933 Views: 1815174	But this goes some way to explaining the charms of Youtube. You would think, given the number of channels fighting for our attention, everybody's interests would be catered for. But we all know this j ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2933 Views: 1815174	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:50 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2933 Views: 1815174	I was watching a Youtube about the last British manufacturer of train wagons--I won't give the URL in case this is too specialist for youse guys--when I thought I recognised the name of the company, W ...
Topic: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 141 Views: 55835	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 4:38 am Subject: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 141 Views: 55835	Punter: I don't agree with that at all. AE-ist: Oh, you know more about it than I do, do you? Punter: Well, no, obviously not if you've been writing a book about it. AE-ist: So what's your version? ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 2473473	Forum: British History Posted: 4:16 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 2473473	That's a lot to go on a placard. I don't think even the British Library would give 'late 9th - 14th century' for a biography of someone who lived in the eleventh century. Though I'm somewhat heartened ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 2473473	Forum: British History Posted: 9:41 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 2473473	Yes, it's finally coming home after being (rather mysteriously) delayed by COVID. It will be at the British Museum from September 2026 until July 2027 so get your placards out and join the demo we'll ...
Topic: Red and Green Flags
Mick Harper Replies: 197 Views: 289700	Forum: British History Posted: 9:04 am Subject: Red and Green Flags
Mick Harper Replies: 197 Views: 289700	When the artist denies he is responsible for a painting this can be considered a red flag. Freud had repeatedly denied the work was his before he died in 2011. In 1985, Christie’s identified it ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6132 Views: 6191248	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:43 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6132 Views: 6191248	When a vast tranche of 'the Mandelson files' are released and every news outlet quotes the same, not very incendiary, exchange between Mandelson and a dim Labour minister, we can be sure there's 'noth ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6132 Views: 6191248	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:39 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6132 Views: 6191248	I was referring to the spelling. African-Americans have taken to adopting either made-up exotic Christian names or exotically-spelled non-made up ones. This is the first time any descendant of a S ...