http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com A European Look at Human Culture and Stuff Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:38:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just over one month ago I was given three young chickens as a birthday present from my fiancée. I had often spoken of keeping chickens but had never actually owned any before. I was really surprised to say the least, but instantly fell in love with them. They were only ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/life/fowl-paradise They're selling Jesus again! Skunk Anansie were back at the Water Rats fifteen years after it all started there.  But this was no nostalgia trip, they seemed just perfect for this moment in 2009. Skin was dressed in a frightening feather-like outfit. She looked scarier than a velociraptor, although this was no ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/entertainment/music/skunk-anansie-live-at-the-water-rats-london Scattered across the suburbs of countless cities in the American West are huge parcels of undeveloped land. Sometimes simple tracts of unkempt scrub, sometimes ploughed to keep weeds and trees from taking root, these prime pieces of real estate, sometimes stretching for many miles, unbroken except by the occasional stand ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/life/dr-dreadfuls-letter-from-america-the-concrete-savanna I've been there. I know what it's like to try to become well read. I understand that it all seems so daunting, almost overwhelming. You can feel like you need to be well read, or at the very least highly educated, before you can even attempt to read classic literature. ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/entertainment/books/how-to-be-well-read-little-women Yes, the Credit Crunch is coming home to roost.  Make no mistake, the recent events in the world financial markets have changed the world as we know it and it will never be the same again.  Everybody has been affected by the turmoil in the financial markets, directly or indirectly.  ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/business/economy/welcome-to-the-new-world Isn’t it amazing how fast history moves sometimes? The last time I wrote an article for Eurocritics, unregulated free market capitalism was still popularly considered to be quite a good idea. That was less than two months ago, in a different world; a world in which you’d have been likely ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/politics/living-history I want to confess to an addiction. It’s been going on for months now, and sometimes I stay up way into the night getting my fix. It sets me apart from my friends and family, who struggle to understand why I am so compelled. I know that my habit is ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/politics/us-politics/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-election-watcher Possibly as an antidote to the increasingly pervasive influence of big business in football, I have recently joined the over 30,000 football fans from 122 different countries that have invested the modest sum of £35 a year to own our very own football club, Ebbsfleet United. The members of MyFootballClub.co.uk bought ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/sport/football/ebbsfleet-united-a-different-kind-of-football-club Three years ago I started a tiny blog all about Manchester United, the World's Greatest Football Team (copyright © 2008 Christopher Rose), stunningly titled About Manchester United. Due to a whole ton of reasons which will one day be chronicled elsewhere, I haven't been keeping About Manchester United (™) up to ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/sport/football/football-is-big-business By now, it's quite possible that the whole world (plus dog, cat, or other assorted pets) has reviewed the new and improved Apple iPhone 3g. I, however, decided to wait and see; to use the device for a few weeks and determine exactly what it offers before offering my opinion ... http://www.eurocriticsmagazine.com/scitech/technology/hardware/hardware-review-iphone-3g