Monthly Archives: July 2007

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

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A defence of the Bishop of Hereford

I have been reading the Church Times’s coverage of the case of the Bishop of Hereford, Dr Anthony Priddis, who has just been reprimanded by an Employment tribunal for refusing a job as a youth leader to a gay man … Continue reading Continue reading

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Two stories of secluded life

From the latest LRB: Graham Greene is staying in a leper colony in the Congo: We tried to protect Greene from people’s curiosity. The most obvious nuisances were those who wanted his opinion on some manuscript they had in a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Pick of the week, haha

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

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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A thought on history

The point of history is surely, still, to discover what actually happened but the past can only be understood if we know what actually didn’t happen. People’s actions, their understandings of the world, can only be understood in the light … Continue reading Continue reading

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Lost history

I keep by my bed, as an antidote to hopes of progress, a volume of the Cambridge Modern History dealing with the Thirty Years’ War. It wouldn’t be an antidote if I were certain that we had left these times … Continue reading Continue reading

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Before I forget

Svenska Dagbladet reports — though I can’t find it in the current PNAS — that researchers at the Karolinska, working with a team in Florida, have managed to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice by combining stem-cell transplants into the brain … Continue reading Continue reading

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This one’s for the vicar

A testimony from the Onion. Continue reading

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