Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms: Brave New World ...or a Censored one?
I cannot remember when I became completely apolitical. For well over thirty years when lecturing about Arab culture, I used to dread...
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Stoker
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The Scottish Play* - a troubled leadership election
It is the fashion at the moment to rewrite great works of literature, including works for the stage and opera house, to reflect modern...
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Eric Boa
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A Walk on the Mild Side
The vogue for long walks literally knows no bounds. In the UK, there’s the John Muir Way in Scotland (134 miles), Hadrian’s Wall Trail...
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Lynda Goetz
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Unrepresentative Ads - Is this really how the UK looks today?
I have hesitated a long time before writing this article*. At a time when apparently even prospective Conservative election candidates...
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Richard Pooley
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Why Vote? A sour mood among the British electorate
If there is a gate, always close it behind you. Pets have been known to squeeze between legs at the open front door and run out into the...
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Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
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Who are the real fanatics in the Holy Land?
Many British readers will remember the great storm that hit England in October 1987 for the destruction and havoc it left behind it...
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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Where have all the flowers gone? The global biodiversity crisis
Or should it be: Where have all the birds gone? Or the non-human animals? Four months ago, I was walking with my dogs near my home...
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Lynda Goetz
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So, who exactly are ‘sensitivity readers’?
There has been a lot of comment over the last few days following The Telegraph’s revelations that Puffin books have “revised” Roald Dahl...
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Stoker
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The Strange Death of the Tory Party – Part 2
Last month we left the UK’s Tory Party hanging from a cliff edge by its finger nails. Beneath it circled a large shark with a strange...
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Richard Pooley
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The Return of the Slow Train
If you are British, and old enough to remember when trains could take you to almost anywhere in the UK on time, you may wish to stop...
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