tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post8949631384676732748..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Ecce Homo (though not on the BBC)Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-53427864049320020762017-05-14T10:29:45.246+01:002017-05-14T10:29:45.246+01:00I'm surprised that the BBC have not picked up ...I'm surprised that the BBC have not picked up on this. Coverage would have given them ample opportunity for a sideswipe at the Church of England and St Pauls for allowing Amnesty to sponsor the re-siting of this work.<br /><br />As it is positioned, tourists can jauntily link arms and capture a selfie with the figure, inviting irreverence. The figure might be more accurately defined as a now out-of-date metrosexual man of the 1990s, and would have been better positioned outside Harvey Nicks - minus the headgear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-86254441226921023962017-05-14T09:21:52.124+01:002017-05-14T09:21:52.124+01:00Brian Haw, the Peace Protester upon whom Wallinger...Brian Haw, the Peace Protester upon whom Wallinger's State Britain was based, became something of an iconic figure for the Left, admired by Tony Benn, the BBC and John Mcdonnell amongst others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-42273819959057475572017-05-14T08:36:55.440+01:002017-05-14T08:36:55.440+01:00If Wallinger's 2007 Turner Prize-winning State...If Wallinger's 2007 Turner Prize-winning State Britain had been recreated, I suggest that the BBC would have covered it much differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com