The one black director is Spike Lee. The text barely focuses on his filmmaking. #empireread#may1997
The authors of the piece are Kim Newman and Ian Freer one of whom writes that Birth of a Nation “recreates the American Civil War with remarkable breadth of vision, intimate moments and depth of characterisation” which rather ignores the context. A bit. #empireread#may1997
The last few weeks in political journalism should be taught on degrees as an example of false equivalence.
The Sky headline is misleading. He didn't take a £20k donation. That's a guestimate based on a range of factors. He wasn't handed £20k in cash. This was essentially campaign expenses.
He wanted to keep his son out of the public eye during the election campaign so he could complete his GCSEs without disruption. It's just that someone in his position has posh friends because he's been in the public eye for a couple of decades. Also we now about it because he declared it.
