Shilpa Shetty wins!
rehna January 29th, 2007
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Well of-course. Shilpa Shetty has won Celebrity Big Brother. Continue Reading »
Archive for January, 2007
Is the USA ready for a black President? by Dr Carol Apt
rehna January 21st, 2007
In the light of Hilary Clinton throwing her hat in the ring for the 2008 Presidency, I’ve brought this article from November back up.
Barack Obama - He’s been called a rising star, the only hope of the Democratic Party, and a 2008 presidential hopeful. But who is he? Continue Reading »
Jade Goody, celebrity BB -a blessing in disguise? by Rhena
rehna January 20th, 2007
How ironic that a woman who queried whether East Anglia was ‘abroad’ should spark an international incident.
Rioting in India, a storm of protest in Britain (40,000 viewer complaints) coverage in the Australian and South African press, claims of irresponsible broadcasting, statements by ministers, endless debate about ‘real’ racism v simple female jealousy - it all truly is a world crisis of tabloid proportions.
Possibly the end of civilization as we know it.
Or, maybe not. Continue Reading »
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER RACE CONTROVERSY
rehna January 17th, 2007
I did something this week i hoped I would never have to do. I watched Celebrity Big brother - but only because of the racism controversy. Continue Reading »
EASTERN GIRLS AND WESTERN BOYS BY Rhena
rehna January 17th, 2007
Women, runs an old Indian joke, were the reason the British lost India.
Indians while resenting the Raj managed a working relationship with the men but when the prissy women came with their flouncy dresses and inability to stand the heat, it was time for independence. Continue Reading »
FUTURE IMPERFECT - Fortune Tellers by Rhena
rehna January 17th, 2007
We should know better than to put our faith in someone whose credentials we can never check up on and whose often monumentally false predictions we can do little about after we’ve crossed their palm with many pounds sterling but few of us can resist the lure of the ‘fortune teller.’ Continue Reading »
David Beckham & Sticktoria go to Hollywood, sort of
rehna January 14th, 2007
So, after being dumpd by England and Real Madrid, Dave and Sticktoria are off to sunny Hollywood. That’s what the headlines said. Oh, and they all screamed the little matter of the $250 million Dave will earn. Continue Reading »
Come let us honour him!
rehna January 8th, 2007
Where would any student be without this man’s invention? Momofuku Ando, the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co, who was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles, has died of heart failure at a hospital in Japan. He was 96. Continue Reading »
Miss Potter - film review
rehna January 6th, 2007
There is a fine line between charming and twee. Thankfully, the new film about children’s author Beatrix Potter remains firmly on the side of utterly charming. Continue Reading »
A visitors guide to Athens by Dawn Powell
rehna January 5th, 2007
In the taxi ride between the airport and hotel, I became increasingly nervous. The buildings around us were covered in graffiti, the pavements (if you could call them that) looked like glorified piles of rubble and everything needed a good wash. Had I got on the wrong plane – was I actually in some South American slum town rather than the birthplace of Western Civilisation? Continue Reading »