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Category Archives: Blather
The RA Summer Exhibition
Went into town yesterday to see the RA summer exhibition: there is an entire wall of David Hockney, quite shockingly bad. Other bad things include a set of three small sculptures showing Jesus crucified on a wooden aeroplane instead of … Continue reading Continue reading
Race and sex in the USA
I have a piece at CiF poking fun at Bob Allen, a Republican politician in Florida, keen on family values and locking up perverts who was — but you guessed — busted cottaging in a park in the fine city … Continue reading Continue reading
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OK — back again, still silly
From another week as a Templeton Fellow — really interesting, and I have made, I hope, some friends for the rest of my life. Anyway, this morning, I was flicking idly through the Telegraph blogs, and came across a wonderful … Continue reading Continue reading
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Colour and speech
According to Language log there is a study out suggesting that Nerds, or dorkenheimers, are identified in the Californian school system because they are “too white” and avoid all the “Black” stylings of speech and dress traditionally1 affected by white … Continue reading Continue reading
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Conservatives and homophobes
Damian Thompson has been examining the problem of homosexuality and the Anglican Communion on his Telegraph blog, and this has led to at least one delightful misunderstanding: commentator “Terwilliger” writes You are quite correct Damian but sometimes it is necessary … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Blather, God
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Assorted Comedies
On the one hand, the New York Times reports on a porn star becoming an Episcopalian priest Fr. Rod Fontana has a certain ring to it, no? (UPDATE: It turns out this story is false in almost all the interesting … Continue reading Continue reading
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Don’t Feed the Boars
You might think that the moral of a story coming out of Sweden would be “Don’t feed the trolls”, but, no: according to the Hallands Post there is a problem with the wild boars that are re-establishing themselves in the … Continue reading Continue reading
In wholly unrelated news
The civil servant responsible for Swedish government policy on mobile phones is called Urban Landmark Continue reading
Shorts
John Naughton, sharpening the contradictions of capitalism. Part of a really cruel set of Cambridge revelry. This one makes me look hungrily for the nearest lamppost. A very kind notice of an actress on Language Log: Listen closely to Ward … Continue reading Continue reading
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