Ctrl.Alt.Shifter Kevin E.G. Perry is a writer's writer; hugely respected here for his passionate and thought-provoking rogue reporting on issues from the 'Notorious P.I.G.' (on Swine Flu, click here for more) to features on female genital mutilation (click here for that...if you dare).

The euphoria around President Obama was never going to last forever. It just wasn't. It was always interesting to see exactly what would cause its end though...

Step up the hoo-ha over healthcare. But to suggest he's facing his first real slump in popularity, as many pundits have been doing recently, is overdoing it a bit. The fact that the (ever so slightly) improving US economy is not helping him at the moment speaks volumes.

 Environmental Protesters Sentenced To Community Service: 29 eco-protesters (who hijacked a freight train carrying coal to one of Europe's largest power stations) have been sentenced to community service and ordered to pay compensation to Network Rail.

On Wednesday 7th October, Ctrl.Alt.Shift will be shocking the Raindance Film Festival 2009 by screening the five winning films from Ctrl.Alt.Shift's film-making competition. The films tackle the issues of War + Peace, Gender + Power and HIV + Stigma.

The banner unfurled across the entrance read 'Under New Ownership'. 'Who's Bank? Our Bank!' was the chant ringing out outside the Bishopsgate headquarters of RBS on Tuesday, as it became the scene of one of a number of Climate Camp protests held across London. For at least a little while, you wouldn't have been able to argue with the protesters: six of them managed to make headlines early in the working day by infiltrating the building and super-gluing themselves together around a column in the office's busy trading floor.