Tag Archive: Charlie Brooker

Jan
24

From Skins to Pete Postlethwaite

Skins is back on our screens ( Thursday on E4) and being a fan of series 1,2 and 3 I will watch it The new series has a completely new cast which is a good thing, because last series became too dark and soapy and killing off Freddy was a bad decision. I’d preferred it if they’d killed off Effy –as she has been a right pain in the arse and one of Skins’ most unlikeable characters.

Dec
30

A Catty Christmas

Dusty's paw marks in the snow © Paul White 2009

    I’m back from home in Cologne, where I spent Christmas with my dad and my sister and Dusty the Norwegian Forest who was originally my mum’s cat. She’s is the most adorable pretty cat. And she’s very different from Bobby – Dusty is an excellent hunter. She brings in mice, much to my …

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Apr
12

Good News Channel

The other week I watched Charlie Brooker’s excellent “Newswipe” (BBC4, Wednesdays) about news anchors. It featured a short film by Adam Curtis (who directed the brilliant “The Power of Nightmares”) about the rise of  “oh-dearism”, a tool for news, which drives audiences to apathy and helplessness. This got me thinking – every day we are …

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