January 2009
5 posts
M is for Marxism
I know, controversial, but Karl Marx has got a lot to answer for. His work inspired Lenin and the Bolsheviks to overthrow the Russian capitalist establishment. He drew attention to the class division and class conflict that existed between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, in turn inciting a revolution. He was a man of good intentions but history has proven that his radical ideas fail in the...
L is for Lists
I’m not talking here about the type of lists you find in the Guinness Book of Records. Nor, indeed, am I taking a swipe at my own A-Z list (now why would I want to do that?). No, the bone I have to pick is with those lists that require subjectivity and partiality.
In particular, I’m thinking of those Top 100 lists on Channel 4 as presented by the king of the one-liner, Jimmy Carr,...