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Freelance Journo BBC,Visiting Prof Kingston Uni.Spiritual Berliner,ex-LosAngeleno,movie connoisseur,especially Westerns&SF.Writes on culture/politics/religion
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The making of Angela Merkel's Ostalgic myth complete with Blue jeans from the West. RT @OS1954 @carolynryan nyti.ms/16FbTAJ
Fascination With German Leader's More Private Side
nytimes.com — BERLIN - Throughout Angela Merkel 's rise to power and tenure as German chancellor, she has kept a tight lid on her personal life to an extent hard to conjure in the modern social media age.
@Carlsonsports yes & amazed at how long "legacy" Ivy League uni places for kids of rich alumni have evaded proper scrutiny.
@pjmeade @newswatchbbc good point. Why don't you email in an example?
@Carlsonsports The academic rigour is core to their appeal. What grammar schools survive are oversubscribed for the same reason.
@Carlsonsports really interesting piece. Wd love to know what poor scholarship boys esp from minority ethnic backgrounds go on to achieve.
Eton & the Gatsby curve. newstatesman.com/politics/polit…
Eton eternal: How one school came to dominate public life
newstatesman.com — New Statesman editor Jason Cowley speaks to Anthony Little, headmaster of Eton College, about the role of public schools, the new crop of Etonians ruling public life and Gove's education reforms. 1. The headmaster of Eton, Tony Little, turns to me, opens his arms expansively and lowers his well-modulated voice.
Did BBC TV news go out of its way to avoid discussing race in the Oxford abuse case? @newswatchbbc 745am BBC1 or here bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
RT @arthurascii: 5 Ways Big Companies Can Pivot Like Lean Startups, my new article in @fastcodesign bit.ly/13B1ZNr #innovation
5 Ways Big Companies Can Pivot Like Lean Startups
fastcodesign.com — Innovation. You've either got it or you haven't. Right now, Procter and Gamble hasn't. Its recent mediocre results have been blamed on a drought of new blockbusters. It's not alone. Microsoft has been panned for bringing so little to market, and even Apple's share price has sagged recently as the market tires of tweaks to their existing techno-slabs.Has the corporate world run out of ideas?
"I hope it's not too sexist or too violent".11yo daughter as we entered Bfi IMAX to see Star Trek into Darkness.Expectations were not high.
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