Soft-soaping the pope
For a bit of balance on the whole Pope issue, try Hans K?ng’s Hoffnungskrise am Ende eines allzu langen Pontifikats. The article is hosted on the website of ‘we-are-church’ ,…
The real crime on Coronation Street
At the post-results party at college when I got my degree results, most of my tutors congratulated me on my first, except for the poor guy who took me for…
Tooting and the wonder of Dadu’s
As one of the things that makes Upper Tooting an earthly paradise is its freedom from supermarkets from the Bec to the Broadway, I thought I’d give a friendly push…
J’accuse: the eurocentricity of eurocentrism
All of the last entry in my weblog brings me on to my next rant: the meaninglessness of ‘eurocentrism’. The quickest and easiest way to avoid responsible scholarship is to…
Why do articles go missing?
A few weeks ago, just when the panic about obesity seemed to be reaching a tabloid roar, the Guardian published an article which threw a lot of ice-cold water over…
JS New Years Honours List
Here, in no particular order, is my line up: 1. Robin Cook For moral courage, logic and rhetoric. His resignation speech in March 2003 was one of the most moving…