Martin In The Margins

A couple of perspectives on today's big anti-cuts demo , which deserve to be quoted at length. First, P hilip Collins, former Blair ...

Pakistani actress Veena Malik, in trouble with religious fundamentalists after her appearance on the Indian version of 'Big Brother...

Here's a few things you might have missed over the past seven days. Khaled Mattawa makes a powerful case for intervention in Libya, w...

A footnote to my Bruno Mars post the other day. You know you've arrived when two of your songs get featured in the same episode of ...

Hearty congratulations to Dan Jarvis on winning the Barnsley by-election for Labour with an increased majority. Jarvis, a former Army ma...

Time for a musical interlude. One of the great things about having teenagers in the house (and yes, there are some) is their determination...

A month after David Cameron's multiculturalism  speech , I'm still trying to gather my thoughts about it into a coherent blog post. ...