Shannon Matthews: Prole Porn
Dewsbury becomes a modern Bedlam - and a 21-gun salute for Charlton Heston: read Mick Hume’s columns in The Times.
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Friday 11 April
‘Why do so many appear obsessed with the Shannon Matthews case? It has been turned into a public exhibition of prole porn, where respectable folk can get a thrilling glimpse of society’s “dark underbelly” – and without scouring the internet…’
Tuesday 8 April
‘Charlton Heston’s obituarists worry that his acting career might be “overshadowed” by his controversial stance against gun control. Let’s hope so. Most of Heston’s movie roles were as stiff as his chiselled jaw. But his rock-like defence of the right to bear arms was worthy of an award…’
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