Features 
The power of Kermode compels you(1)
Tom Bonnick
I have come to meet Mark Kermode prepared with a story of strange coincidence which I hope is enough to make him like me. Now, normally this isn’t a concern when I interview people — I have enough trouble getting my family to like me, without having to worry about complete strangers as well [...]
Luxury, labour and life
James Maxwell talks Marx and alienation with professional philosopher and documentary-maker Alain de Botton
A lot of people don’t like Alain de Botton, the professional philosopher, author and documentary-maker. Or, at least, a lot of people I know don’t like Alain de Botton. He is viewed, by a select-cut of my most cerebral and scholarly friends, [...]
Tartan Tories
James Maxwell asks Murdo Fraser MSP, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Tories, about his party’s awkward relationship with Scotland
As the Labour government continues to crumble and decay, David Cameron’s Conservatives look set to sweep into office this summer.
For more than two years now, they have registered a healthy 8 — 12% poll lead over their [...]
Baracknophobia or Obamania?
Too early to condemn
Sarah Smith
President Obama has used his first year in office to introduce historic healthcare legislation, provide a financial stimulus package of almost $800bn in order to rescue a collapsing economy, and broker a deal on climate change which unites both the US and China for the first time ever. And he has [...]
