Henri, Le Chat Noir
I was checking out the SXSW 2014 schedule and came across a workshop titled Cat Cash: The Economy of Internet Cat Videos. Curious about the topic I then did a bit of googling including looking up the ...
I, Too, Am Harvard (Michigan)
Via my Facebook feed, I came across an article in the Boston Globe featuring a project titled I, Too, Am Harvard that highlights the frustrations of black students at Harvard. And having watched the ...
Oscar 2014 Highlights
I didn’t actually watch all of the Academy Awards as it started at 1:30am London time and well after about an hour, I was bored and really tired of all the commercials. So off to bed I went as I knew ...
12 Years A Slave
12 Years a Slave won three Oscars last night including Best Picture and for this I’m really pleased for producer/director Steve McQueen, Lupita Nyong'o (winner Best Supporting Actress), Chiwetel Ejiof ...
Crisis in Ukraine
What a difference a week makes. Last week Vladimir Putin and the rest of Russia were on a national high having successfully concluded the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Now they are on the brink of war ...