Stephen Armstrong
Articles by Stephen Armstrong
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Arts & Culture
Disappearing act
- 19 July 2007
In the 1990s, gay storylines were all the rage in mainstream television; now they are all but non-existent. Campaigners accuse broadcasters of failing to reflect modern Britain.
Arts & Culture
The war on culture
- 21 May 2007
As creator of The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin became a hate figure for the American right. He tells Stephen Armstrong why his new series is set in the television industry
Politics
Mad as hell
- 14 May 2007
- 2 comments
A new wave of militant consumer is rising, hitting large corporations where it hurts - in the wallet. They're middle-class, sick of bad service and they're not taking it any more.
Arts & Culture
Make jokes, not war
- 07 May 2007
- 1 comment
While politicians cross swords, a crop of talented comedians is bringing the truth about Iranian culture to bars and clubs across Britain
Politics
Make way for Big Organic
- 02 April 2007
- 1 comment
Is big business capable of providing a solution to the environmental crisis? The arrival in Britain of a supersized wholefood chain is opening fissures in the green movement
Arts & Culture
Rough justice
- 19 March 2007
- 4 comments
The US military has accused the television series 24 of promoting torture. The programme's star, Kiefer Sutherland, tells Stephen Armstrong that the army should concentrate on cleaning up its own act
Politics
Britain's child army
- 05 February 2007
- 10 comments
Stricken by Iraq and low morale, the British army is on a desperate recruitment drive. Its new targets? Poorly educated teenagers and young schoolchildren
Television
The game show goes on
- 29 January 2007
- 1 comment
"Participation TV" has taken over the world's airwaves, with cheap game shows racking up profits from premium-rate phone lines. But is it legal? Stephen Armstrong investigates
Politics
"I got Latinos to vote . . . but they voted religion"
- 06 November 2006
Stephen Armstrong talks to Eva Longoria
Society
Legal highs: the new 'social tonics'?
- 23 October 2006
Britain's drugs laws are in a mess, and into the confusion has stepped a new breed of drugs entrepreneurs who claim they have the answer: safe, substitute substances
