by Vicola England

Once again the issue of Islam in Britain has raised its head, this time courtesy of the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester in case you were wondering. The Bishop has announced that Islamic extremists have turned parts of Britain into ‘no-go areas’ for those who don’t follow Mohammad, stating that ‘those of a different faith or race may find it difficult to live and work there’. And do you know what? He’s absolutely right, although perhaps not for the reasons he thinks. The Bishop…

by Patricia V. Davis

The spring I turned twenty-two, I was desperately trying to recover from a ravaging love affair that had changed me from a girl who was somewhat confident for her age and mostly happy, to one who was completely demoralized. It was not only the relationship itself, but the reactions to the demise of the relationship by friends and family who I thought I knew that made me lose all trust in my perceptions of people.

And so, I stopped caring about anything at all. I was walking, eating, breathing, but…

by Natasha J. Stillman

Imagine one day, you turned on your usual radio station and there was no music – no songs, no instrumentals, not even a single commercial jingle. What would you think? What would you do? Sure, we’ve heard of songs being banned from radio play over the decades (from Billie Holiday’s “Love for Sale” to Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax”). And, certainly we all know when lyrics have been bleeped or “altered”. However, very few of us have experienced a radio ban of almost all music.

Last month, the…

by Ilias Kountoupis

Allow me to put graphically how my fellow countrymen are feeling right now: ridden hard by domestic politicians, pursued by international speculators lurking in the dark, and put away wet, exhausted, and abused. And now our pursuers are closing in for the kill, their appetite for blood reinvigorated just as our government is trying to put to rest the rumors of Greece defaulting on its debt and stop a lengthy panic attack throughout our society.

We want something more than to see embezzled public funds embezzled returned and taxation mechanisms functioning appropriately; we want justice.…

by Joey Racano
(special to Harlots’ Sauce Radio)

‘Ye shall smell land, though none such is nigh
and ‘neath the laughter of gulls,
a white whale shall surface
spouting crimson into a wasted sea
And with his great flukes shall ye be made
to swim among the splinters’
-J. Racano

Just in time for summer, representatives from 88 nations gathered in Agadir, Morocco, for the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission on June 21st. The high ratings of Animal…

With the opening of the new Acropolis Museum, Greece has stepped up its efforts in the campaign to return the Parthenon Marbles – and rightly so. Following a visit four years ago to the British Museum, and viewing these artifacts and reading notes of “the head is on display in Athens,” or “the hands are on display in Austria,” really lit my fuse. To me, separating them in that manner was like dismembering a body. Sacrilege! The time is long overdue to bring these treasures back to their rightful home.

For years, the British contended that…

The township of Tom Price was full of interesting characters with different motivations. Some were there simply for the money, while others were trying to disappear from a former life.

Pissy was a vet from WWII who survived 90-something missions as a navigator on a Lancaster bomber. He carried plenty of scars from shrapnel suffered when taking over the rear gunner’s position on those dark nights over Germany. That was a tale in its own right, but the task also required him to remove whatever was left of the gunner before he took over the position.…

Swine flu – it’s all the papers and the radio are full of at the moment. Apparently our government is ‘fully prepared’ for the outbreak, which as anyone who has lived here for any length of time can tell you, is government speak for, “We’re completely f*cked”. Since apparently most people in the world are going to die from pig flu, because unlike bird flu, you don’t actually have to sleep with a chicken over a prolonged period in order to catch it, I thought I’d better be ready for whatever might happen. So, I sat down to…

In an unusual turn of events for Australia, and more than likely as a measure of relief felt around the country, the inauguration of Barack Obama was telecast on several television stations, which indicated that the expectations in Oz are easily as high as those of his fans in the States.

After an initial acceptance of George W. Bush in his first term, (an acceptance that goes with the job by default), the general perception was very negative towards him, even before the end of his first…

The day after the US gives itself a fine clean sheet by swearing in a brand, shiny, new president, British politics follows by…..offering us a new candidate for “Wanker of the Week.”

How marvellous. We are so proud. Below, for your viewing pleasure, is BBC News coverage of protesters who have taken residence on the roof of Harriet Harmon’s home, in protest of some of her actions and policies:

Yes, this week’s Wanker comes in the sternly-suited form of our helmet-haired leader of the Read the full article »