Fiachra Gibbons
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Outcry as Japanese winemakers are threatened with deportation from France
More than 42 000 people have already signed a petition protesting the ‘crazy, moronic and shameful decision’
YouTube shooting shows how fake news spirals on social media
Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
The Booker Prize and the ‘Beryl Question’
Beryl Bainbridge, the eternal Booker prize bridesmaid, was last week snubbed for a sixth time when her novel failed at the penultimate hurdle for Britain’s greatest literary…
Alexander’s new battlefield
Rivers of blood have been spilt – figuratively at least – in a propaganda battle between Greek and Macedonian nationalists over who has the right to claim the all-conquering hero…
Taunting the bully
He is terrified of flying, and not too fond of ferries either, but when the maverick director Lars von Trier makes enemies, he’s not afraid to pick on the biggest bully in the…
‘Cheating bastard’ wins Booker
The many creditors of novelist DBC Pierre have been given a crumb of comfort after the self-confessed serial "cheating bastard" won literature’s most famous prize, the Man…
The Booker Prize and the ‘Beryl Question’
Beryl Bainbridge, the eternal Booker prize bridesmaid, was last week snubbed for a sixth time when her novel failed at the penultimate hurdle for Britain’s greatest literary…
Baftas scorn the Oscar line
American Beauty took six awards, but the British Academy honoured many films ignored by the Oscars on Sunday night. Fiachra Gibbons reports.