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I've written to the Advertising Standards Authority several times this year. There is no need for adverts to be offensive or promote ne...

Shopping for kids this week? DON'T buy this . Shudder!

We all know there's a gender pay gap in this country the size of the San Andreas fault. So I suppose that any efforts to tackle it shou...

...does anyone else think that this trailer (actually there are several all rather similar)... ...in any way glamourises violence? For those...

What a stupid NYT headline today! Happily Married, but still a Stalker's Perfect Target . Err, don't you get it - stalking is a cri...

I was in Putney tonight where I am resident compere at a great show called Duke's Headliners and (you guessed it) the Duke's Head pu...

John Worboys: up to 500 rapes. Could serve as little as 8 years in prison. What I really don't understand is why he was convicted of ...

Totally sickening , unbelievable that nothing real is being done about it. The US military's own research suggests that 30% of female s...

Can you honestly tell me if you were a woman in Afghanistan right now - you'd risk your life and take to the streets to protest the new ...

I notice a few blogs who have added me to their blog-roll. Thanks if that's you. I try to link back if your blog looks interesting but...

This article is from the latest Ryan Air inflight magazine. It lists their recommended top ten lap-dancing clubs worldwide. Has anyone to...

From today's Independent: Firstly, how did the press get hold of this story? It's in a number of papers, Mail, Telegraph, etc so it...

Firstly apologies for the recent quiet on here - Mr Cru has broken his foot and this means I am now doing the freelance work of two people, ...

Two reports of murder in the news today. One in The Independent , one on the BBC . There are some similarities. In both cases a parent mu...

After my disgust at Rowan Pelling's piece in The Independent I wrote a very angry and rather sarcastic letter to the paper, demanding t...

Afghanistan's democracy (remember - the one we were fighting for?) is in the middle of a panic after women's groups around the world...

Here at Cru-blog we don't like Rowan Pelling . And I'm tempted to write something witty about the fact that I was bewailing her co...

Try the new online Cru-blog personality test. Simply watch this catchy video . Now answer this question... Does it make you feel: a) Like...

While I am in something of a link-frenzy here is - wait for it - a brilliant article by a man . Yes I know! And it's not even Johann H...

Wow, yet another link for my dear readers to feast upon . Be sure to turn the sound up and listen to the brilliant music while you're r...