Mantel vs Middy
The ‘Hilary Mantel attacks Kate Middleton’ story which broke recently has proved a huge distraction from the two, incomplete essays currently open in tabs on my laptop. It was always going to happen though; a controversy involving feminism, a princess, David Cameron intervening unnecessarily and standard Daily Mail outrage is just my kind of procrastination [...]
Royal Pains
Naked picture of the Duchess push us to question the relationship between the Media and the Royal Family – particularly in how it depicts women
Recession porn
It’s no new trend that there seems to be a direct correlation between economic downturn and an increased interest in the lives of the mega-rich. In Britain, right up to the 19th century in ye olden days before X-factor, it was a common form of Saturday night entertainment for the tenants or local villagers to [...]
A Royal Bore
Kate Middleton, we learned this week, is now engaged to marry Prince William. There are many great things about Prince William – he is an officer in the RAF and is therefore helping to protect the country, he does a huge amount for charity and just generally seems like an all-round decent guy. BUT, [...]
Citizens, Not Subjects!
“I say Charles don’t you ever crave, To appear on the front of The Daily Mail Dressed in your mother’s bridal veil?” (The Queen Is Dead- The Smiths) If you were to ask somebody what they thought a republican looked like, a glut of unflattering images would more than likely flow through their [...]
February 11, 2013