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This Is The Country You Live In.

April 22, 2012

His daughter, Haley, was to blame. Haley was only three, however, and it is generally considered unreasonable to blame a …

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Christian Theology and the Easter Bunny.

April 6, 2012

The first missionaries to set foot in Anglo-Saxon England attempted to render Christmas and the celebration of Christ’s resurrection satisfactory …

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Apocalypse of the Fringe.

August 30, 2011

It had been a long day and we were half way through another, rather undistinguished production of Hamlet, when I …

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The Little Fascist.

July 29, 2011

I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …

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Rolling on with the Bull.

July 6, 2011

For the first two weeks of the summer, Sighthill Academy puts aside its daily troubles and the whole school embarks …

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Live Coverage of the Royal Wedding.

April 29, 2011

Tychy: And the whole nation has been brought together in an atmosphere of demented jubilation, all united behind the Royal …

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Man’s Best Friend.

March 2, 2011

My baby was out dozing in the yard; his adorable nose pointed in the air, dried as hard as terracotta; …

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Proper Charlie.

October 12, 2010

I first met the Swedish dwarf Marco at a party in a Cowgate tenement. To my complete surprise, he waddled …

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The Moral Maze (Alternative Reality Edition).

July 18, 2010

Continuity Announcer: …and now, on BBC Radio 4, it’s time for another edition of the Moral Maze, live, as usual, …

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That Difficult Second Novel.

June 8, 2010

I have always included Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird within a tradition of shallow protest novels – books by …

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Prefatory Remarks to “Moonbat.”

June 6, 2010

“Moonbat” is the second of two full-length short stories which I am posting this week to atone for the recent …

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YouTube.

May 24, 2010

I wish that I could type your name into Youtube, and be presented with a list of little film clips …

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That BA Strike – Live on BBC News 24.

March 22, 2010

BBC Newsreader: … And now for more on the British Airways strike, we go live to our reporter at Heathrow …

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Battlefield.

February 9, 2010

Dr. Farzin Harim had been up since six ministering to his students, until his research assistant Mahsa had finally warned …

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From a Windowsill in Beijing.

February 5, 2010

I have been left on my own for the morning. The breezy arrangement of my hotel room is by now …

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