Eleanor Stanford
Reality Bites: the way out of Essex
Eleanor Stanford on the sinister rise of ‘structured reality’ and keeping away from the Kardashians
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Internet trolls: back to your caves
Some hide behind a veneer of anonymity online, despite the illegality of their bullying 'trolling'.
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The Loss of Mademoiselle
Eleanor Stanford comments on the sudden change of the French marital title
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Why no-one looted Waterstone’s
Following the London riots, Eleanor Stanford assesses how our society’s uneasy relationship with literature is good for no-one
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From Paris with Love
Eleanor Stanford writes her first column from the French Capital
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A Stein Of The Times
As Gertrude Stein's old collection goes up for display in the Grand Palais, Eleanor Stanford takes a good hard look.
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A farewell to the arts
With plans of 'Big Society', the current government is explicitly choosing scientific knowledge over the expression of individuals through arts and their contribution to culture
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Back in my day, Britain was already broken
The terminology and methodology have changed, but the problems of today’s United Kingdom have descended through the ages
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Oily smiles won’t wash
On the 20th April the BP rig Deepwater Horizon exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven people. Experts estimate that the spill has now leaked up to 45 million gallons of oil into the surrounding waters. The White House energy advisor Carol Browner has heralded it as “the biggest...
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We are all star-crazy
Celebrity culture is utterly farcical and considering its devastating effect on both sides of the cage, utterly terrifying
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Boris bumbles as London stumbles
In early summer 2008, Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London and I was taking my A-Levels. Through a caffeine-induced haze my young mind often confused the Conservative candidate with my revision on ex-PM Lord Palmerston. He is characterised for his light-hearted approach to governance He has been publicly criticised...
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Homelessness still the Big Issue
A new wave of immigrants selling the non-profit magazine may be putting off the public from shelling out
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