February, 2012
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Monday, February 6, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments
Film">Review: Patience (After Sebald) Film
A newly released documentary, Patience (After Sebald), retraces writer WG Sebald's steps through the Suffolk countryside as detailed in his magnum opus, The Rings of Saturn. Ceasefire's Joe Lloyd reviews.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Friday, February 3, 2012 12:44 - 11 Comments
Palestine is Still the Issue">Interview – The Angry Arab on Zionism, Syria, and more Palestine is Still the Issue
In an in-depth and candid interview, academic and political commentator As'ad Abukhalil - a.k.a "The Angry Arab" - talks to Ceasefire columnist Asa Winstanley about Zionism, Hamas, Syria, Al Jazeera, BDS and much more.
Modern Times, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 2, 2012 15:37 - 5 Comments
Modern Times">B.F. Skinner Likes Your F.B. Status Modern Times
More than half a century ago, behavioural psychologist B.F. Skinner conducted countless experiments in an attempt to condition the behaviour of pigeons. Corin Faife explores some uncomfortable parallels between Skinner's pigeons and today's Facebook and Twitter users.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 11:08 - 4 Comments
Analysis">Britain, Oman and “Our kind of guy” Analysis
Sultan Qaboos, Oman's ruler since 1970, is the world's longest surviving autocrat and Britain's closest ally in the Gulf. Elliot Murphy takes a look at the history and politics behind a very discreet, and troubling, relationship.
