December 2010
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ingsoc.org?
There has been much attention in the press over a certain Wiki. The Wikileaks affair has raised questions over what counts as journalistic freedom, and what is simply sensationalism, revelation, or open-source espionage. I feel after such an expectant sentence, I should at least lay out my stall before I go on. I think the suppression of the website is outrageous, and gives America no leg to...
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Places other than London
A week or so ago, I was sitting in a sleek loft in Hamburg- a research facility in Germany’s most affluent city, watching the wealthy burghers talk about driving habits and luxury cars and products. Architects, ship brokers, doctors and business owners sat down to give us their opinions. One of the key questions our client wanted us to find out was what British meant to them, and what it could...
