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October 31, 2011 Leave a comment
By Chris McCarthy
Surely we, of all people, have learned the lesson of history: that to appease an aggressor is to invite aggression elsewhere, and on an every-increasing scale.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 26 May 1982 Read more of this post
October 27, 2011 Leave a comment
By Laura Alvarez
On the 20th of October this year, Spain saw how the contained outrage accumulated for decades and the tears of helplessness poured by many shifted into a strange feeling that contained bits of happiness, memories of affliction, tasteless relief, all covered by high doses of scepticism. Read more of this post
October 26, 2011 Leave a comment
By Nisha Thanki
Once again Euroscepticism has come to the forefront of British politics and threatened to divide the Conservative party as Prime Minister David Cameron faced a rebellion by his Conservative MPs over proposals for a referendum on Europe. Read more of this post
October 25, 2011 Leave a comment
By Chris McCarthy
There is no compromise possible with such people, no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.
Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2 October 2001 Read more of this post
October 24, 2011 Leave a comment
By Huw Silk
When referee Craig Joubert blew the final whistle of the Rugby World Cup, one overriding emotion seemed to be prevalent in New Zealand – relief. Read more of this post
October 23, 2011 Leave a comment
By Cressida Smart
A few weeks ago, I visited Living as Form, an international project in New York, surveying more than 350 socially engaged projects. One of the exhibitors gave visitors the opportunity to pick a headline from a recent copy of the New York Times which would then be printed on a t-shirt. I leafed through the provided copies and chose “Lines that kept moving and knew no boundaries”, which was the headline for Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition at the Frick Collection. Read more of this post
October 23, 2011 Leave a comment
By Emma Brooks
Having really enjoyed two of Jonathan Coe’s previous books, I decided to try another of his, and possibly the most well-known too. This is how I ended up owning and reading The Rotter’s Club. I will briefly repeat the part about the author here, considering as my last book review of What a Carve Up was quite a while ago. Read more of this post
October 22, 2011 Leave a comment
By Huw Silk
There have only been four nations that have won the Rugby World Cup – England and the three Tri-Nations sides. That number is highly unlikely to increase on Sunday. Read more of this post
October 21, 2011 Leave a comment
By Samuel Perriman
After 5 years of captivity and countless hours of excruciating negotiation, Sergeant Gilat Shalit, as well as 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, will be going home. This incredibly one-sided deal could undoubtedly have been secured long before now and at better odds for the Israelis. Read more of this post
October 17, 2011 Leave a comment
By Chris McCarthy
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 28 August 1963 Read more of this post
