By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Terrorism is an ugly word. Unlike the act of war that evokes connotations of heroism and fighting for a cause the act of terrorism is lumped with entirely negative overtones and for good reason. But when you fight fire with fire, war with more war, the line between what constitutes terrorism and what justifies war becomes blurred. Jus bellum iustum is one of the earliest doctrines to address the justification of war....

By Laura Casewell @CasewellEditor  It’s almost that time of year again: the dark nights are endlessly drawing in, the frosty mornings are making us rush for that warming cup of tea, and there are festive lights and decorations adorning windows and trees all across the country. In the words of Noddy Holder; “It’s Christmas!” The festive period is always a magical time of year, as families and friends reunite to spend a few days enjoying all the merriment that we...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Nick Clegg and Harriet Harman stood in for David Cameron and Ed Miliband at PMQs today. The Deputy Leader had to represent a coalition he has been trying to distance himself from all week. He also had to defend the distance he was from the chamber last Wednesday. Clegg told the House he was in Cornwall last week on the day of the autumn statement, but “Labour had spent the last five years in cloud...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Tonight (10th December) sees the latest film from the Africa Investigates series, a groundbreaking show that exposes corruption and abuse across Africa. On a continent where investigative reporters face intimidation and beatings and where death threats are an occupational hazard, African journalists go undercover to find the wrongdoers and put them under the spotlight. In this episode reporter Emmanuel Mutaizibwa and director Karim Shah have uncovered corruption in Uganda. It broadcasts on Al Jazeera English, tonight at...

By James Mackney @JimMackney Open Bethlehem is as much Leila Sansour’s film as it is Bethlehem’s. It chronicles Leila’s mission to ensure that Bethlehem is a free and open city and not one at the whim of Israeli pressure. Leila herself left Palestine and Bethlehem at age 18 and returned several years later to film this documentary however the documentary states that her family is depleting around her. They are feeling the pressures of the regime that is keeping Palestine...

By Sam Inglis @24FPSUK 24fps.org.uk School of Babel is inescapably political. It doesn’t feel like it is hectoring you with its viewpoint, but it is impossible to watch it without viewing it through the prism of the controversial discussion around immigration, multiculturalism and integration and you won't be in doubt what the film's view is by the end. The film takes place almost entirely in the reception class of a French junior high school, with pupils aged between 11 and...

By Charlotte Stringer, Style Editor at STYLIGHT.co.uk Some of the most stunning women in the world, serenaded by some of the biggest selling artists, and millions of dollars worth of diamonds being paraded down the runway, it can only be one thing: the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, hitting British screens this evening on 4Music. by STYLIGHT.co.uk Now an annual event, the VS Show continues to wow audiences year on year with their elaborate costumes and eye-poppingly beautiful ‘Angels’, not to...

By Emma Silverthorn @Houseof_Gazelle Simulating the lifestyle of a bonobo ape has its attractions. The bonobo, our closest living relative, are compassionate, free-loving animals who very rarely experience conflict; when problems do arise amongst them the bonobo’s quickly diffuse them with bouts of promiscuous sexual activity. The species is a vision of sixties counterculture utopia and the ripe inspiration for Matthew Hammet Knott’s first feature length film. In the Dorset countryside, magnetic Anita (wonderfully played by Josie Lawrence) has formed...

By Anna Power @powersfilms After last year’s “Let’s put a roof on this house” Labor Day debacle, Jason Reitman’s back with Men, Women and Children, following in the footsteps of Spike Jonze’ fascinating futuristic film Her, Reitman seeks to explore our very ‘new’ relationship with technology and its impact on how we relate both to ourselves and each other in its wake. It’s a brave new world, with big brother watching us and us watching each other. Never before has...