Bookmarks for January 27, 2011
- This is the Big Society, you see. It must be big, to contain so many volunteers. | openDemocracy
Philip Pullman, speaking in defence of libraries, neatly skewers the problem with Dangerous Dave's beloved Big Society, where we will all help each other and and volunteer to keep public services going: who do you know has the spare time, energy and ability to go without earning a living or looking after the kids in order to volunteer?
- YouTube – "Premakes" Up! (1965)
A trailer for Pixar's Up! reimagined as a 1965 live-action Disney movie. Nice work.