21 Aug 2010
Posh Frock, Hipster Spectacles, and Balding Ollie - meet the new Conservative Youth Wing
The New Statesman’s Laurie Penny went undercover to a Conservative Future party and and comes face to face with the next generation of the ruling class.
He informs me that some girls “just aren’t interested in politics”. As if to prove a point, he grabs my arm and tugs me on to the dance floor. I wobble and totter like centre-right ideology on a pair of borrowed heels and, as Beyoncé starts to blast out of the speakers, I spin around in shock. I’ve just had my bottom squeezed.
19 Aug 2010
19 Aug 2010
Snipe Likes: Justin Bieber
But only when it has been slowed down 800% to sound like a symphonic return to form for Sigur Ros.
19 Aug 2010
New Video: Of Montreal
In which various scary fuckers and band members engage in hand-to-hand cannibal warfare.
19 Aug 2010
Daily MPfree: Rökurró
Very pretty in an audibly Icelandic style, Rökkurró are a chamber-pop quintet producing beautiful, swooning orchestral arrangements with other-worldly vocals. A bit like Múm perhaps, but less aimlessly textural – Rökkurró are more about melody and songs than drones and moods. Their new album “Í annan heim”, meaning “In Another World”, is out soon.
19 Aug 2010
Plymouth Herald runs drawings after football club bans photographers
Illustration by Chris Robinson from the Plymouth Herald
Having its photographer banned from shooting the match by visiting team Southampton, editors at the Plymouth Herald went old school and commissioned artist and city historian Chris Robinson to illustrate the action.
Southamption has banned all outside photographers from their matches and instead is attempting to sell photos from a club photographer to the media.
Plymouth won 1-0.
18 Aug 2010
Daily MPfree: Sam Amidon
We’ve covered Sam Amidon before, and will again: here’s another stunning song from one of the most striking singers around. He plays CAMP tomorrow night – expect tall stories, special guests, and rapt silence from a capacity crowd.
18 Aug 2010
Government tells UK Film Council to stop lobbying for its continued existence
The government continues to wage damage control over the planned closure of the UK Film Council.
Why are they concerned? Because while the UK public may demand that their services be cut in the age of austerity, they tend to listen when their stars like Clint Eastwood, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, and Bill Nighy start complaining publicly about the decision.
In a letter to the Council, Arts Minister Ed Vaizey wrote:
I am very concerned about what has come to light. It looks as though sources at the Film Council have been overzealously briefing in order to protect their interests. As a result they may be damaging the film industry that they purport to represent. This is completely wrong and I will be seeking urgent reassurances that the Film Council will promote the interests of the film industry rather than its own from now on.
“Promote the interests of the film industry rather than its own from now on” is a hilarious complaint coming from the Minister, considering that “from now on” means “until April 2012” when he will finally close the office.
18 Aug 2010
17 Aug 2010
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
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