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Wednesday 2 November 2011 Home
Tim Black
We need elected members, not the Wingnut of Windsor
The revelation that Prince Charles has the power to veto legislation is shocking, but UK democracy in general has fallen into disrepute.
Bill Durodié
How CSR became big business
Corporate social responsibility allows governments to avoid accountability and gives companies a sense of purpose.

Nathalie Rothschild
No more room for ‘the huddled masses’
While New York celebrates the anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, America shows little desire to welcome immigrants.

Tuesday 1 November 2011
Frank Furedi
Why church officials worship these protesters
No attempt to depict Occupy London as a Second Coming of angry Jesuses can disguise the fact that it remains a shallow moral gesture.

Dave Clements
Why feel charitable towards charities?
Charities in the UK have become far too dependent on state funding, at the cost of their independence.

Paul Seaman
OWS: not a preoccupation of social-media users
Despite its claims to be 'the 99%', the Occupy movement has generated little interest on Facebook or Twitter.

Monday 31 October 2011
Brendan O’Neill
Call off this culture
war against ‘the poor’

In a speech for the Liberty League in London, Brendan O’Neill denounced the dictatorship of
do-gooders colonising poor communities.


Nathalie Rothschild
Happy birthday, baby seven billion!
Ignore the population doom-mongers and dive into spiked’s archives for a celebration of human life and ingenuity.

Tom Slater
We need to talk
about suspense

Lynne Ramsay's film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin manages to make a school shooting look tedious.

Friday 28 October 2011
Issue No.49
October 2011

Why Malthus is back in fashion
The miserabilist vicar is the granddaddy of greens.
by Tim Black

Welcome to October’s review of books
Books editor’s note
We don’t need to talk about hating kids
by Jennie Bristow
In defence of the city crowds
by Rob Lyons
Our debt to Henrietta Lacks
How universities fail students
Gender studies goes Gaga
Open season on football fans
A giant leap for stargazing
Thursday 27 October 2011
Frank Furedi
It’s 100% certain that they don’t represent 99%
The occupiers’ claim to speak for ‘the 99%’ exposes how determined they are to avoid hard political debate in favour of cheap moralising.

Patrick Marmion
Marat/Sade:
‘no holes barred’

The RSC’s revival of Peter Weiss’ gratuitously graphic play is well worth seeing, in all its gory glory.

Duleep Allirajah
Too soon to gloat over ‘demolition derby’
Manchester City may have put six past local rivals United, but the Premier League race is far from over yet.

Justine Brian
Jamie’s Great Britain: processed food-TV
Jamie Oliver’s latest formulaic cookery show: it’s not that great and it’s not that ‘British’.


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Call off this culture
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26 October 2011
EU referendum: democracy is not a ‘distraction’
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