The 3 best iPad apps
To celebrate the iPad’s third day on sale, our chief Technology writer David N. Guy rates the three most must-have apps currently available. #1. The Electromagnetic Spectrum Making superb use of the iPad’s extreme audio/visual strengths, this interactive trip through the spectrum of light, from the psychedelic beauty of the rainbow to the plasma osccilations of the sub-infra, is an [...]
The iPad that changed my life
As the UK excitedly gears up for the launch of the Apple iPad, we hear from David N. Guy, an early adopter of this wonderful technology, and discover how it has revolutionised their life. I had been unemployed for the longest time. It had been so long I couldn’t even remember what it was like to [...]
Doctor Who Live Blog
Today’s Doctor Who episode is being guest written by Iain M. Banks, science fiction writer and anti-war protester. It should be interesting. Join us here from 6pm for the most accurate breaking Doctor Who coverage on the internet. 5.59 PM: Hello everyone. Are you as excited as me? I hope you are. 6.02 PM: This doesn’t [...]
A Morning Walk
The man is walking to his local greengrocers stall. But this isn’t just any type of man: this man is a very intelligent type of man, and a very serious one. With each step he places one foot exactly 35cm ahead of the last just like he always does. This is his standard pace for [...]
The Fear
I can’t remember when the fear started. Probably in my teenage years but possibly it was as late as the year in my early twenties when my grandmother, my uncle and a family friend all died of cancer. But with the fear there has always been the desire… the thrill. What if it came true? [...]
England’s Beast of Burden
Last week my colleague over at the Daily Mail, Leo McKinstry, published a hard-hitting, but long-needed, expose on the current state of ‘Great’ Britain . Inspired by his work, I asked my editor David Guy if I could follow-up on it, by going on a rail and road tour to see some of the places [...]
The kiss
They’ve been working hard on it all week, this kiss, preparing themselves in front of the mirror, sucking on the backs of their arms and pretending it’s their new lovers neck, reciting the words they’ll say as they draw near, the hesitant trembling touch as they reach out a hand towards their partners cheek. And now they’re [...]
Election Night Suicide Live Blog
Join us as the results come in, for absolute razor’s edge coverage of the end of Noel’s short, sexy life. 20.06 Got the razor blades, the chloroform, the plastic bag and the ligature. I’m all set. 20.23 Going to go to the pub for a last drink. Spot of Dutch courage, too, if I’m honest. [...]
The Lives Of Us
Production year: 2010 Country: UK Language: English Cert (UK): 12A Runtime: 183 mins Director: Ted Vaak Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jude Law This idiotic English-language remake of The Lives Of Others, set in modern day London and starring Kevin Spacey as a civil servant, is a remarkably muddled return to film-making for 70s cinema wunderkind Ted Vaaak. [...]
Noel’s Election Twenty-Ten Drillbit Part Three
With only hours to go before polls open, CMF endorses its pick for the 2010 election. It seemed so sweet, didn’t it? The possibility of a profound change lay thick on the air like sweet arson smoke as, for the first time in a generation, the Lib Dems became Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. Nick Clegg [...]
Cartoon – Cameron not too Proud to Beg
Why I’m Going Around Boring Everyone Frozen About David Cameron
Sock, Rock, Bock-bock director OUBLIETTE CHADMERS today explains why the Tories have got the touch, and also the power. He is married to someone far, far richer and more beautiful than you will ever land, you horrifying sack of offal. Here, Oubliette, 39, explains nothing at all, and spends a long, long time doing it. [...]