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• Bahrain : Revolution on St Valentine’s day

  By Russell Pollard on February 20, 2011 • ( 1 )

  The revolution in Bahrain is less than a week old, and seems to be running on the heels of the Egyptian protests. St Valentine’s Day in the UK – referred to, now, as Bahrain’s Day of Rage against a monarchy… Read More ›

• Muse at 53rd Grammy Awards – photograph

  By Russell Pollard on February 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The producers of the Grammy Awards kindly asked to use one of my photographs from the student riots for the montage behind the set by Muse on 13th February 2011. This is the original photograph from my portfolio More photographs… Read More ›

• One-Liner Week 13th Feb 2011

  By Russell Pollard on February 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  18 days of protest ends in the resignation of President Mubarak of Egypt on Friday 11th February – the day after he went on TV to confirm that he would remain in office for months to come. Much celebration in… Read More ›

• Cameron’s views on multiculturalism too subtle for the EDL

  By Russell Pollard on February 13, 2011 • ( 3 )

  David Cameron’s speech at the Munich Security Conference last week was jumped upon by the EDL as somehow supporting their point of view, and celebrated the fact that the Prime Minister was now on-board. Typical of the EDL is their… Read More ›

• One-Liner Week 6th Feb 2011

  By Russell Pollard on February 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Major event continues to be the revolution in Egypt as the crowds stay out on the streets for days on end. Tahrir Square will become the iconic centre of the occasion. Mubarak clings on to power albeit a few concessions…. Read More ›

• EDL in Luton: It’s all a grand day out?

  By Russell Pollard on February 6, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  The “homecoming” of the EDL “back to where it all started” was the subject of much anticipation, and hype and depending on the angle you come from will have been a disappointment or a roaring success. There is not much… Read More ›

• One-liner week 30 January 2011

  By Russell Pollard on January 31, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Protests break out in Egypt as a follow-on to the action in Tunisia – is this the start of the decline of the Western looking African countries? Protests escalate throughout the week, and law and order deteriorates as vigilante squads… Read More ›

• Peaceful UKUncut protest in London marred by Police using pepper spray

  By Russell Pollard on January 30, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  On the day before last years tax is due for payment, the UKUncut organisation staged a series of protests to highlight to the general public that some of our largest enterprises are avoiding tax through sophisticated schemes. Previous articles on… Read More ›

• The flame of student protest extinguished by light police touch

  By Russell Pollard on January 30, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  MORE HERE Following the 4 major protests in November and December last year in the lead up the vote in the House of Commons, a further 2 were organised for London and Manchester. This was always going to be a… Read More ›

• Is homosexuality a maths problem?

  By Russell Pollard on January 23, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The good people of the Training and Development Agency for Schools quango have funded a scheme with a £35,000 grant to “celebrate the gay community” in maths, geography and science. This initiative is not about educating children, directly, about the… Read More ›