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It was revealed that the US used a method of torture called waterboarding on terror suspects in Guatanomo Bay. The process involves lying them victim on their back, tying them down and then pouring water into their nose and mouth so they feel they are going to drown. The idea that we could do this [...]

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24 is the first carbon neutral television programme!
24 Going Green PSA – Kiefer Sutherland
The guys at 24 have done a great job reducing their carbon footprint by 43%. I really like the fact that the production company have taken this on. It says that the environment is not someone else’s problem – but we all [...]

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For those of you lucky enough to either live in America or who have Sky One in the UK (neither of which are true for our household) Day 7 of Twenty Four is coming up on Monday night. To celebrate this the Guardian have posted 24 facts about 24 that you might not know – [...]

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Here’s some viuals I have been playing with – see if you like them.
New and Improved Twenty Four!
With a brand new cover and internal design. Twenty Four now includes discussion questions at the end of each chapter. Twenty Four can be used in small groups or in mentoring situations.
Twenty-Four’ takes a [...]

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Here are my favourite DVDs of the year:

1. The Lives of Others -masterful, poetic, a German language film with a powerful plot line about love, despair, surveilance and omniscience. This was my favourite film of the year.
2. The Waitress – quirky, sweet but not saccharine take this film, add an evening off and a large [...]

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One of my favourite UK shows is back on TV. OK so Spooks doesn’t have the edge of your sear raw drama that 24 brings. It suffers from the same lack of pace that happens when you compare US and UK shows like CSI and Silent Witness or NCIS and Waking the Dead. What the [...]

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