‘He is a ‘knob’, but I quite like him,’ said Top Gear television presenter James May of his apparently increasingly beleaguered colleague, Jeremy Clarkson. It is a description that many of us would perhaps phrase differently but secretly agree with. Certainly nearly a million people agree with this sentiment as they signed an online petition to have Clarkson reinstated by the BBC after his latest bout of unacceptable social behaviour.
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James Nicholls is Head Lecturer at the Wentworth Institute, Sydney, teaching the Bachelor of Interactive Media course. You can follow his work on www.marinamarini.com.au
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