Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
... in the LTTE's former "liberated" zone - are being held , generally against their will. Martin Shaw is a historical sociologist of war and global politics, and professor of international relations and politics at the University of Sussex. His books include War and Genocide (Polity, 2003), The New Western Way of War (Polity, 2005), and What is Genocide? (Polity, 2007). His...
Pauls Blog (Free subscription) | 26/06/2009
I thought the Actor Martin Shaw, in Desert Island Discs, this morning was a bit to enigmatic for his own good. Of the man he met, who set him on the true path of vegetarianism, teetotalism, and meditation; Martin says nothing about the man's faith or what is now his own; because of a sudden flash of insight. Martin does not even tell us the name of the group's leader who...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 21/06/2009
Judge John Deed star Martin Shaw said that discovering Indian spiritualism saved him from heavy drinking as a young man.
TV.com (Free subscription) | 21/06/2009
Judge John Deed star Martin Shaw said that discovering Indian spiritualism saved him from heavy drinking as a young man.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 21/06/2009
Judge John Deed star Martin Shaw said that discovering Indian spiritualism saved him from heavy drinking as a young man.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
... celebrities have had stalkers in recent years, including Little Britain star David Walliams, actor Martin Shaw, Madonna, and George Michael. Former veterinary nurse Sarah Bartholomew was sectioned last year after admitting she had deluged Walliams with letters and emails for four years. A court heard that the 29-year-old, of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, threatened to kill him. In January...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Martin Shaw | OpenDemocracy , June 30, 2009 What kind of violence has the Sri Lankan state been committing against its Tamil civilian population as the island‘s civil war ended; on what scale and with what intentions? Martin Shaw explores the difficult terrain where war, atrocity and genocide meet. The civil war in Sri Lanka is receding from the international headlines,...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 21/06/2009
GEORGE Gently star Martin Shaw says Indian spiritualism saved him from demon drink.
Semicolon (Free subscription) | 14/06/2009
Lyrics: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848. Music: Several tunes have been put to Mrs. Alexander’s poem, including ROYAL OAK by Martin Shaw, BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL by WIlliam H Monk, and GERALD by Ludwig Spohr. I can’t embed, but you can listen to a boy’s choir from South London called Libera singing composer John Rutter’s tune for this hymn. [...]
The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 26/05/2009
One is a right-on inspector with a strong sense of public duty. The other is a copper who cares more about his car than police procedure The BBC is running two contrasting cop shows, both set in the past. Inspector George Gently features Martin Shaw as an anachronistically right-on copper up North in 1964, while Ashes To Ashes has Gene Hunt, still as boorish in the 1980s as he was in...
