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By Niall Flynn March 9, 2017March 13, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

The Vice Media Empire: Pretend Radicals

VICE! Is! Cool! And! Hip! Detractors will tell you it’s empty inside, too. Empty as space. All style, no substance, and far too fixated with tone and image to be taken with anything other than a raised eyebrow and a pinch of salt. Foul mouthed, in-yer-face, and with an anarchic

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By Ricky.Jones March 9, 2017March 13, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

Map: Journalist’s local pubs

Fleet Street, the spiritual home of British news, used to abound with journalists bar-hopping between jobs. The notorious El Vino – where women weren’t allowed to order at the bar until 1982 – was at the epicentre of a street where alcohol was said to flow like water. However, since

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By Phoebe.Jayes March 9, 2017March 13, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

What is your journo pseudonym?

What are you doing, sitting there writing that article, “Ann”? Who do you think is going to read it? Come on, “Barry”. Up your game. Get out of that conference call to Helsinki at once. Inka Heino has no time for you. It’s time to answer the important questions: When

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