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Author: paulhalas

Vive les BDs!

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Bandes dessinees (comics) – the French do it so much better. Most of my working life was spent […]

paulhalas 6 January 2021 Art, Comics

What has the EU ever done for us?

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Most of the problems people have, which caused them to vote Leave, are created by our own governments […]

paulhalas 19 December 2020 Politics

A tale of two rivers

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THE SAD PLIGHT OF OUR RIVERS I have little time for The Guardian these days, but when it […]

paulhalas 30 November 2020 Environmentalism

Labour – The end of the affair

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Or, “I really think we need to take a break”. By Paul Halas After several months of running […]

paulhalas 13 November 2020 Antisemitism, Labour Party, New Labour, Personal experience, Politics, Socialism

French working class noir

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The birth of a genre, French noir 1930 – 1960 When thinking of “film noir” the names that […]

paulhalas 16 October 2020 Cinema

Wilderness years for the Labour Left, by Paul Halas

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By Paul Halas With the Labour Party once more appeasing the “Establishment”, can it still be home to […]

paulhalas 23 September 2020 Politics

They drew the 20th Century

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By Paul Halas Cartoons that were art. Growing up in a family that was immersed in the visual […]

paulhalas 27 August 2020 Art, Politics

TV situation comedy – a Tory secret weapon?

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By Paul Halas A favourite saying amongst Tories, not least the late demented Margaret Thatcher, is that the […]

paulhalas 20 July 2020 Culture, Politics

So you want to be a comic strip writer

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Story-writing for comics By Paul Halas It’s surprising how often I’ve been asked how one becomes a comic […]

paulhalas 10 July 2020 Comics, Culture, Paul Halas

Rebecca Long Bailey’s wrongful dismissal.

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There was no antisemitism: the troubling case of Peake, Starmer and Long Bailey By Richard House, Abdul-Karim Al-Malahi, […]

paulhalas 1 July 2020 Politics, The Labour Party, UK

Where’s your vision Sir Keir?

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By Paul Halas The blame game continues. Meanwhile… While the general public and the media obsess about Coronavirus […]

paulhalas 25 June 2020 Global warming, Paul Halas, Politics, The Labour Party, UK

Animation with a social conscience

Halas & Batchelor Cartoon Films 1940 – 1995 By Vivien Halas This year marks the 80th year since […]

paulhalas 24 June 2020 Animation, Art, Fascism, France, World

HOW DONALD DUCK SAVED MY LIFE…probably

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COMICS – THE SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT By Paul Halas To this day there’s still an intellectual snobbery […]

paulhalas 17 June 2020 Comics, Paul Halas, Politics

THAT REPORT

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A short appraisal by MERVYN HYDE As a baby boomer, born one month after the war in Japan […]

paulhalas 16 June 2020 Jeremy Corbyn, Politics, The Labour Party

2015 AND ALL THAT

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How we regained faith in politics By Paul Halas Jeremy Corbyn was a phenomenon. This relatively obscure politician […]

paulhalas 11 June 2020 Jeremy Corbyn, Paul Halas, Politics, Socialism

Making Society Fit for Children

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Challenging the Neoliberal Onslaught By Richard House I recently interviewed tireless childhood campaigner Sue Palmer for the Morning […]

paulhalas 5 June 2020 Economics, Education, Richard House, Socialism

Breakfast toad in the hole

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A cracker from the renowned Circus Chef. “A bit of isolation cooking here. A breakfast toad in the […]

paulhalas 4 June 2020 Circus Chef, Food, Recipes

Brave Green World

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Can we look forward to a more sustainable future when the Coronavirus virus recedes? By PAUL HALAS For […]

paulhalas 1 June 2020 Ecology, Environmentalism, Paul Halas, Politics

DEMOCRACY’S LAST NEWSSTAND

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Was Labour’s 2019 Election Defeat a Grave – Even Terminal – Defeat for Democracy Itself? By Richard House […]

paulhalas 25 May 2020 Capitalism, Media, Richard House

Are Ofsted’s Days Now Numbered?

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A new paradigm for school accountability and improvement is long overdue – and a judicial review against Ofsted […]

paulhalas 24 May 2020 Education, Richard House

COMING UP FOR AIR

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By Paul Halas Why would a sane person go fishing? How many times have I been asked that […]

paulhalas 21 May 2020 Fishing, Paul Halas
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