Christopher Clark’s new book recreates the verve, wit and insight into some rulers who gave up, others fought bitterly, but everywhere new politicians, beliefs and expectations surged forward. The role of women in society, the end of slavery, the right to work, national independence and the final emancipation of the Jews all became live issues. Clark, a regius professor history at Cambridge University, explains vividly the new ideas and then the increasingly ruthless and effective series of counter-attacks launched by regimes who still turned out to have many cards to play. But even in defeat, exiles spread the ideas of … Continue reading Nationalist revolution

Traffic: Genius, Rivalry and Delusion is the origin story of the Age of Disinformation the candid inside tale of two online media rivals. Jonah Peretti of Huff post and Buzz Feed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society. Jonah Peretti, the original wizard of viral content and co-founder of BuzzFeed, who started out with idealism,  shut its award-winning news operation last week ending a revolutionary era in digital media. The rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker Media, the pioneering group … Continue reading Tech’s age of innocence

Historian Quinn Slobodian follows the radical libertarians from Milton Friedman to Peter Thiel – around the globe as they search for the perfect home for their free market fantasy. The hunt leads from Hong Kong in the 1970s to South Africa in the late days of apartheid, from the neo-confederate South to the medieval City of London, and finally into the world’s oceans and war zones charting the relentless quest for a blank state where capitalism and democracy can be finally uncoupled. British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt  created 12 new UK investment zones especially designed to benefit from tax breaks and … Continue reading Tense demands of democratic politics amid the desire to attract capital

Online gambling addiction can stimulate the brain in the same way alcohol and drugs and can go undetected for some times. This makes online gambling addiction a serious disorder. The UK government has announced a raft of gambling reforms, including a new statutory levy on big firms, in a bid to crack down on online addiction. Electronic gambling and virtual casino games are more addictive than having a crack cocaine, ecstasy pills or IV heroin addiction. One person’s addiction is another’s profit.  Gambling is very big business, much of it run by companies with stock market listings who are dedicated … Continue reading Merciless addiction

Jerry Springer, the talk show host, 56th mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978, actor, lawyer died peacefully on Thursday at his home in Chicago. Gerald Norman Springer born on February 13, 1944, in the London Underground station of Highgate, while the station was in use as a shelter form German bombing during World War II,  and grew up in Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parent Margot ( nee Kalimann, a bank clerk) and Richard Springer ( owner of a shoe shop) were German-Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia ( now Gorzow Weikpolski, Poland). In. 1949, … Continue reading Jerry Springer died aged 79

A Disneyland, California’s live performance of Fantasmic, with enhanced special effects, state-of-the-art projections and superb pyrotechynics was interrupted as the 45 ft stage prop was ablaze as members of the audience were informed via the public address system that the show could not continue due to “unforeseen circumstances” and immediately after that people were then evacuated from the area at the Theme Park in Anaheim. In the show Mickey[RN1]   Mouse enacts scenes from Disney classic, including Aladdin, The Lion King and also includes evil queen from Snow White who conjures up some of the most wicked villains including the malevolent fairy … Continue reading Disney Maleficent’s evil plan backfired

Indian population could reach 1.428 billion people by mid 2023 surpassing China’s 1.425bn according to the UN. New Delhi hopes the expansion will deliver economic dividends as it harnesses the skills of young workforce, India overlook UK last year to become the world’s fifth-largest economy, is seeking to profit as supply chains shift from China, including the opening of Apple’s store in India earlier last week. China’s economy would continue to remain bigger than India’s despite the demographic shift. If China stopped growing this year and India’s economy expanded by 10 per cent yearly, it would still take almost two … Continue reading India’s population to reach 1.428 bn people