We are easily programmed to forget. It’s 20 years since the Ethiopian famine and Band Aid. The BBC screened a compelling retrospective this weekend, narrated by Michael Buerk, whose initial reportage brought dying onto our screens and the temporary retreat of cynicism.
Something sedate to wrap up the week: “Max”, the fictional, “what if” recounting of Adolf’s failed apprenticeship. Some have taken the producers to task for tackling the subject; similarly, an installation art piece in Stockholm was vandalised by the Israeli Ambassador. There is a deeply disturbing theological underpinning within this hostile response which denies the [...]
