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Crackers for Jesus

  • 04 September 2008
  • 7 comments

The way Catholics pursued a young student for "kidnapping" a communion wafer

And it's goodbye to all that . . .

  • 03 July 2008
  • 1 comment

I didn't want my boyfriend to glance into the study one day to find a pile of ash beside smouldering cowboy boots

Retrosexual, or just misogynist?

  • 05 June 2008
  • 3 comments

There is still a long way to go to full equality, and we have seen the culture regress in some ways

Sleep deprivation is no badge of honour

  • 22 May 2008
  • 1 comment

The ability to cope without sleep has been seen as the main mark of a leader for some years now: a signifier of toughness, machismo, strong-mindedness

Angry Anna shows us how to age

  • 08 May 2008

While the older generation bears the brunt of pernicious ageism, a fear of being considered old infects society as a whole

A feminist but not a sister

  • 24 April 2008
  • 1 comment

Anne Perkins pays tribute to Gwyneth Dunwoody against whom the charms of Tony Blair crashed and broke as harmlessly as a wave on the quay

The "sweetie" problem

  • 10 April 2008

Language is a mutable, fluid construct, open to the vagaries of context, and that's the way I like it

Pets? I should Coco

  • 27 March 2008
  • 1 comment

My cat never bothers me with her suspicions about her cheating boyfriend

Your library: use it or lose it

  • 13 March 2008

Now, more than ever, libraries need support, including whatever investment or bold financial planning is needed to take them forward

Who would be a teenager now?

  • 28 February 2008
  • 1 comment

Yes, some teenagers are unruly, even violent but rather than single out those actually causing trouble, we lump them all together

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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