The “mania for transgenderism”. Is this Idiocracy what you really want?
Tidying my study is something of a mammoth job. Apart from my failure to file stuff as it comes in, there is the added problem of my...
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Eric Boa
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It’s called primary healthcare for a reason
Nobody makes films about dentists. So said a friend commenting on the dramatic potential of dental care. Marathon Man, a film starring...
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Richard Pooley
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Pity Poor Labour. They will win.
The blood was all over the back of my left hand. I was in the middle of delivering leaflets on behalf of the Liberal Democrats’...
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Stoker
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Tokyo, Texas
The editorial command* is that we must cheer our readers up this month. Crikey, as a much missed politician used to say: “Steady on...
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Michael Carberry
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A Fundamental Problem: the unholy alliance between fundamentalist religion and extremist politics.
What do Donald Trump’s runaway victories in the all the Republican Primary elections to date and the slaughter of over thirty thousand...
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Vincent Guy
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Alexei Navalny - a poem
You may have heard of Heraklitos the philosopher who said “You can’t enter the same river twice”. This poem was a tribute by Kallimachos...
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mark nicholson
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Akbar the Lion and other cats
I read today that Rupert Murdoch is to be married for the fifth time. While I am not particularly interested in Murdoch, he is often...
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Richard Pooley
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President Macron’s “mad” promise will be kept. Notre Dame will reopen by Christmas.
There wasn’t the usual levity when I walked into my French village’s southern boulangerie early on Tuesday morning. The queue was quiet...
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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A Load of Pollocks
Any art dealer is going to regard me as hopelessly naïve and lacking in acumen but I would far rather have a beautiful painting by...
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Richard Pooley
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Gerrymandering – the Tory Biter Bit
Gerrymandering is a fun word for something so pernicious to democracy. I have always loved the story of its origin. In 1812 the Governor...
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