Cincuenta años después de la muerte de Francisco Franco, España se presenta como uno de los ejemplos más notables de reinvención política en Europa. El paso de medio siglo ofrece distancia y claridad, permitiendo ver la transformación del país no solo como una sucesión de reformas, sino como la reconstrucción deliberada de una identidad nacional. Los años que siguieron a 1975 … [Read more...]
Por qué Farewell to Westphalia es importante
Farewell to Westphalia, de Jarrad Hope y Peter Ludlow, no es simplemente otro libro que diagnostica los fallos de la política contemporánea. Es una obra que intenta algo mucho más ambicioso: explicar por qué el orden político que ha estructurado el mundo durante más de tres siglos ya no es adecuado para su propósito y por qué aferrarse a él está empeorando activamente la … [Read more...]
Wayne Rooney Names Son For Star Trek Deep Space Nine Character
Whilst all supporters of Manchester United, the greatest football team on the planet, and England are celebrating and congratulating Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen Rooney on the birth of their first child, wild speculation rages as to the origin of the name of their son, Kai Wayne Rooney. Media speculation has it that the name is anything from one of the characters from Mortal … [Read more...]
The Good, The Bad and The X Factor
The X Factor is many things: a compelling spectacle; Simon Cowell's brilliant idea of getting the entire United Kingdom to do his A&R for him; a chance for ordinary people to get an extraordinary opportunity; an opportunity for a lot of people who really ought to know better to talk a whole load of rubbish; fantastic entertainment; a depressing process that prizes generic … [Read more...]
Ebbsfleet United – A Different Kind of Football Club
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 the club for £600,000 in February 2008 and just three … [Read more...]