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The Mild West

1. August 2009

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The Mild West

Cornwall's lovely. Really. Read on...

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Quilliam

17. July 2009

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Quilliam

Amongst an explosion of death threats, outraged letters from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and bandied accusations of neo-conservatism, the Quilliam Foundation got off to a promising start.

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Taliban can’t take the lash

8. June 2009

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Some Pakistani villagers take issue with the Taliban's tactics

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The Curse of the Black Pirates

31. May 2009

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The Curse of the Black Pirates

Tasteless I do realise, but it is quite cool to be living in a new age of piracy.

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Hot Chocolate or Why the hell is Cadburys in hot water if not to make cocoa?

14. May 2009

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Hot Chocolate or Why the hell is Cadburys in hot water if not to make cocoa?

The worst thing about living in this new 1930’s has to be hearing various suggestions that we are now in an age of austerity and that sackcloth and ashes is the new black. This is hardly true, sackcloth and ashes has been bon mode since about the time Bernie Ecclestone had to start giving Tony Blair bungs to keep smoking and F1 together and we’ve been on an exponential helter-skelter

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A Failure to Communicate

25. March 2009

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A Failure to Communicate

Academics from the University of Sheffield have compiled a report stating that “far more people are living alone and are more fearful of their communities than they were three decades ago.”

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Nelson Mandela - A modern day saint?

5. December 2008

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Nelson Mandela - A modern day saint?

Writer John Heaton-Armstrong questions the worldwide adulation of the African statesman and wonders why other civil rights campaigners with a violent past are not given the same acclaim

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The Right to Choose

4. December 2008

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The Right to Choose

A row in London is showing that even 21st century feminists conform to the Millie Tant stereotype of hairy, obese, tampon-throwing dykeyness.

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Ordure…ordure

2. December 2008

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Ordure…ordure

So entertaining that a raid on Parliament has coincided with the fantastic civil war drama The Devil’s Whore.

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A Tale of Two Shitties

25. November 2008

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A Tale of Two Shitties

As much as Britain has always been a two party state the two years of Cameron's Conservative leadership have pursued this to its logical PR, safety-first conclusion.

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