February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Three Little Pigs advert This advert for the Guardian’s open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover the story of the three little pigs in print and online. Follow the story from the paper’s front page headline, through a social media discussion and finally to an unexpected conclusion
Feb 29th
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“One thing that became clear to me after the Occupy Wall Street encampment at...”
– Mark Greif asks what the Occupy London camp meant to Britons
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Just for you Tumblr: a video of the Australian horse rescued from quicksand-like mud
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“It was Valentine’s Day. Harry Belafonte was performing. At some point, he...”
– Your best and worst marriage proposal stories. Happy leap year!
Feb 29th
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““The attacks that are being launched on public sector workers at the...”
– Trade union boss Len McCluskey calls for civil disobedience during Olympics
Feb 29th
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Canada’s Lake Louise Ice Magic festival Every winter sculptors from across the world meet at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, in the Canadian Rockies, to create masterpieces from blocks of ice. Edwin Hasler captures the atmosphere and intricate work of the ice-carvers. Music by Duo Imaginaire
Feb 28th
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How many neurons make a human brain? Research... →
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“With a few tents and shedloads of determination, those who have huddled outside...”
– Former canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral Dr Giles Fraser on the latest Occupy eviction
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Occupy London encampment cleared by City of London Protesters at the Occupy London camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral were given five minutes to clear the site after a high court decision gave the City of London the right to remove their emcampment. Dozens of baliffs and riot police attended the scene but by 4am, no protesters or camping equipment remained in the square
Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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“How much power do publishers actually have? It’s not just the ebooks that...”
– Anthony Horowitz asks ‘do we still need publishers?’
Feb 27th
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“For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way – or seen to be a...”
–  - Agyness Deyn on changing careers
Feb 27th
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Up to anything tonight? Oscars party?
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Feb 26th
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Source: YouTube/Syrian4allWorld Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy appeals for help to get out of Homs. Conroy was injured in the rocket attack that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remy Ochlik. In a separate video posted on YouTube, wounded French journalist Edith Bouvier also appeals for help to get out of Homs
Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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The Malvinas/Falklands: diplomacy interrupted →
Sean Penn writes for Comment is free - ‘Sending Prince William to the Malvinas, or Falkland Islands, sends a message of intimidation’
Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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“Keeping a hostage alive can be “hard fucking work,” the negotiator...”
– A hostage negotiator talks exclusively to the Guardian about how he helped series producer and actor Trevor Eve convey the everyday brutality of dealing with kidnappers
Feb 23rd
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Source: YouTube/OhioTransportation Ohio’s Fort Steuben bridge demolished: The 83-year-old Fort Steuben bridge in Ohio is demolished using 70kg (150lbs) of explosives
Feb 23rd
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Source: xtranormal.com Have you heard about the Greek debt crisis? It’s like, totally, over
Feb 22nd
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Andy Warhol's legacy lives on in the factory of...
guardianartanddesign: Andy Warhol’s legacy lives on in the factory of fame 25 years after his death, Warhol still dominates the art market and popular culture. The artist described by Truman Capote, quoting Wilde, as “a sphinx without a secret” has never gone away. Want more Warhol? fuckyeahandywarhol.tumblr.com and Andy Warhol quotes on Tumblr ought to do it.
Feb 22nd
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From the Tumblr that brought you Barack Obama singing Al Green… Obama sings Sweet Home Chicago Source: Reuters/PBS
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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