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Want to help Greece? Go there on holiday
Showing solidarity through tourism is a win-win situation: you get a cheap holiday in a beautiful country; Greece gets a much-needed injection of cash
Alex Andreou
07, Jul, 2015 @5:03 PM
What a relief to have Dolce and Gabbana tell me I can now let go of my silly gay politics
I have been given permission to embrace the homophobe within by the fashion designers and Tory London mayoral hopeful Ivan Massow. Hurrah for progress
Alex Andreou
18, Mar, 2015 @9:07 AM
Defensive architecture: keeping poverty unseen and deflecting our guilt
The spikes installed outside Selfridges in Manchester are the latest front in the spread of ‘defensive architecture’. Is such open hostility towards the destitute making all our lives uglier?
Alex Andreou
18, Feb, 2015 @6:30 PM
What starring in The Infidel taught me about faith and culture | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: Yes, we probably tiptoe around Islam more than other religions. But in our po-faced world Muslim and non-Muslim are hungry for irreverence
Alex Andreou
23, Jan, 2015 @12:41 PM
I only subscribe to this: no more pointless e-petitions | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: Goodbye and good riddance: The next time I’m asked to sign something from Change.org or 38 Degrees, I’m going to do something that may actually have an impact
Alex Andreou
30, Dec, 2014 @12:03 PM
The Christmas I realised a world was out there for me to discover | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: A Christmas that changed me: The wonders of Italy and France brought my family closer – and began in my seven-year-old self a thirst for exploration
Alex Andreou
22, Dec, 2014 @9:40 AM
Is Islington right to target ‘buy-to-leave’ investors? | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: The UK’s housing situation is drastic enough to warrant unusually aggressive steps, but Islington council’s proposals remain problematic
Alex Andreou
08, Dec, 2014 @11:10 AM
Caring for my mother in the grip of her Alzheimer’s is an ordinary act of love | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: The things that seemed impossible, like changing her diaper, are made rewarding by disengaging my self-obsessed brain
Alex Andreou
28, Nov, 2014 @5:07 PM
IDS is proof the Tories value political expedience over ministerial competence | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: This government is universally discredited. From welfare reform to deficit reduction and even badger culls, it has failed to deliver
Alex Andreou
26, Nov, 2014 @3:05 PM
Let it go? Not likely – there’s nothing wrong with holding a grudge | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: Jennifer Aniston might be preaching forgiveness, but keeping a healthy distance from people who have caused hurt seems perfectly reasonable
Alex Andreou
17, Nov, 2014 @9:00 AM
Random acts of kindness can make the world a better place | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: Rather than shooing away the homeless we should offer them a cup of tea. That is what’s wrong with Britain – not the presence of Polish plumbers
Alex Andreou
28, Oct, 2014 @1:10 PM
Where have all the working-class actors gone? | Alex Andreou
Alex Andreou: Funding cuts, a bourgeois industry, and a glut of middle- and upper-class parts might explain why it’s harder than ever for the non-wealthy to make a career in the theatre
Alex Andreou
20, Oct, 2014 @4:30 PM
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