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The dust in Iraq rolls down the long roads that are the desert’s fingers. It gets in your eyes and nose and…
In his book, Propaganda, published in 1928, Edward Bernays wrote: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of…
As editor of the Daily Mail in 1970s and 80s, David English invented a newspaper for those urgently seeking membership of the…
The dust in Iraq rolls down the long roads that are the desert’s fingers. It gets in your eyes and nose and…
The other day, I stood outside the strangely silent building where I began life as a journalist. It is no longer the…
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In the wake of Thatcher’s departure, I remember her victims. Patrick Warby’s daughter, Marie, was one of them. Marie, aged five,…
What is modern propaganda? For many, it is the lies of a totalitarian state. In the 1970s, I met Leni Riefenstahl and…
Michael Albert: 1. As a person very well known for both video work and writing work – I wonder if you could…
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