Category Archives: Journalism

Damian Thompson: wtf f?

Posted on January 29, 2008 by acb

There is a completely insane story up on his blog at the moment about a supposed riot in which “Muslims” shut down one of the public hospitals in Sydney rather than allow an autopsy to be performed on a young … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ultimate procrastination

Posted on November 20, 2007 by acb

Thanks to John Naughton I have just stumbled upon a site which appears to list every public or semi-public talk being given in or around Cambridge University. It is a glorious searchable toyshop of interesting ideas and almost the best … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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how journalism works

Posted on November 12, 2007 by acb

One of the odder things I do is to write a column on religion in the media for the Church Times and one of the odder difficulties with that is I feel I ought to try not to say too … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Rafe Coburn nails citizen journalism

Posted on September 19, 2007 by acb

Yesterday I read that on Friday, President Bush sat down with a group of “milbloggers” to discuss how things are going in Iraq, and more importantly, get his version of the truth out to the public without its being filtered … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Race and sex in the USA

Posted on August 9, 2007 by acb

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

Posted on August 4, 2007 by acb

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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Pick of the week, haha

Posted on July 22, 2007 by acb

I have never managed this before, but a bit of the programme I made with Louise has made this week’s Pick of the Week, a collection culled from everything on BBC radio. So that’s very chic. Tune in for little … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Losing his religion

Posted on July 22, 2007 by acb

I have been meaning to write about this for ages wrt Steve Bates, but there is a (too) long piece in the LA Times (via Pharyngula) by their former religion correspondent explaining why he gave up the business after losing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Make yourself smarter

Posted on July 13, 2007 by acb

Listen to this documentary next Wednesday, on Neurogenesis. It’s what Louise and I were up to in the States in May. Continue reading →

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Jesus H F Christ

Posted on July 9, 2007 by acb

Good luck to the Wall Street Journal: here is the news from another part of Murdoch empire. Is there, really, any term for this propaganda but “fascist”? via Larry Moran Continue reading →

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