An alternative take on the week's news
"I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose" - Mesut Özil Do you know the most racist thing I hear on a semi-regular basis? "When I look at you, I don't see race." Yes, you do. I'm 6'5 (197cm), 18 and a half stone (119kg or 262lbs) and I... Continue Reading →
October 2006 may go down as one of the all time great album release months for music. This millennium anyway. The entire year of 1977 is untouchable. Seriously. Pick a month (February - Ed). Ok, here's the February 1977 playlist. Say goodbye to the next 34 minutes of your life. https://open.spotify.com/user/gelstarz/playlist/1SnM08JIhw5RkOTmX1CHo0?si=Sptq2rCtSQC5FzHO4j6ZzA A random month and we have... Continue Reading →
Today marks a milestone. It isn't a big one but it means a lot to me. It is the 50th blog post. These words that I'm typing now represent one of my summer goals being ticked off. https://twitter.com/Angelo3000k/status/1008815871287025664 This isn't going to be one of those introspective blog posts that detail 'my journey'. Instead, I'm... Continue Reading →
Today I agonised on whether to write about Mark Zuckerberg or Margaret Hodge when I had a lightbulb moment: with the amount of overlap, I can write about both. A quick refresher. Zuckerberg, in a discussion about Facebook's role as an arbiter of news, said: "...at the end of the day, I don’t believe that... Continue Reading →
Hello again, and welcome to the most joyous place on the internet, the Happy Wednesday column. For those of you who are new to this, once a week we scour the world, looking for good news and celebrate it. The news is often bleak and cynical; Happy Wednesday is a small reminder that there are... Continue Reading →
The Black Unicorn 