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How television stole my life

January 8, 2004 ciaran

As a man in the US sues a cable TV company for "making his wife obese", a British reporter recounts how the box in the corner embedded itself into his psyche. "Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it… as well as contributing to the need for it." So said Alfred Hitchcock […]

Get tanked up: Armour your car

November 20, 2003 ciaran

Having security personnel is not enough to protect you from bombs, bullets and rockets while you're on the move. Behold the season of the personal tank, cocooning presidents and kings as well as the rich and famous. The world is a dangerous place. Witness the security exercise surrounding President George Bush’s state visit to the […]