I was chuffed to be asked to write a piece for the brilliant lexicon of stories that is Left Cultures. Its full of pieces by left wing writers, musicians, lecturers, activists and more on what piece of culture inspired their left wing politics and ideology, with beautiful artworks created alongside them by a bevvy of […]
TAGGED WITH: activism, art, comedy, David Biskup, Kermit The Frog, left wing, Politics, The Muppets, writing CATEGORISED BY:News Marching On June 21st, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebI went on the anti-austerity demonstration yesterday through London and have consequently spent today not doing all that much at all. I did about 14,000 steps according to the hugely unreliable counter on my phone that I base most of dietary and exercise requirements on and will probably someday regret. Until then I’ll continue to […]
TAGGED WITH: Josie Long, left wing, People's Assembly, Politics, poverty, protest, right wing, tiernan douieb CATEGORISED BY:Anti-Austerity Arts Emergency Blog champagne socialism demonstration EndAusterityNow News Ying & Yang, Ant & Dec January 18th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebIt’s only as an adult that I realise again and again how naive films and television have made me throughout my life. Stories always showed someone who was good and fought the good cause against someone who is definitely, undeniably evil. Even in cases like Star Wars where Darth Vader (SPOILER ALERT, though seriously, how […]
TAGGED WITH: journalism, journalists, left wing, morals, myths, newspapers, Politics, right wing, spoilers, Star Wars, tiernan douieb, twitter, Ying and Yang CATEGORISED BY:Ant and Dec Audience Blog Comedy Darth Vader News Very Blue Monday January 6th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebToday is, according to an energy drinks company, Blue Monday. Usually, thanks to Sky Travel creating the notion of the most depressing day of the year, its a few weeks from now when the faded memories of Christmas combine with the stark misery of January, but this year, it’s earlier. It could be that Upbeat […]
TAGGED WITH: growth, karaoke opinions, Labour, left wing, man on the street, Necronomicon, recession, right wing, tiernan douieb, twitter, unemployment CATEGORISED BY:BBC News Blog Comedy Conservatives debt Deficit energy drinks GDP George Osborne Gordon Brown Government News