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History I largely missed: the context of Magna Carta
This article on the creation of Magna Carta and the immediate reaction of the Catholic Church in particular to this early foundation-stone of inalienable rights and the strength of national laws is interesting ( Read more... ) -
Libel law - still broken
http://libelreform.org/our-report case for reform of Libel Law.
Further to my earlier entries (available via http://a-llusive.livejournal.com/138962.html) there have been some promising judgements but the overall framework is still broken - defence is prohibitively protracted and ( Read more... ) -
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History 1860-2010 - Exhibition
Contemporary documents, photographs and engravings trace the campaign to build the Museum as a home for Oxford science, the subsequent architectural competition, and the construction of the building between 1855 and 1860. The sculptures, carvings, stone and metalwork are ( Read more... ) -
Neal Gaiman quote tricked me into reading an unpromising title.
If you are masochistic enough to want a poorly crocheted overlong early-teen 'Sunset Beach' with werewolves, self-harm and no sympathetic characters, read 'Lonely werewolf girl'. Otherwise Martin Millar seems best avoided ( Read more... ) -
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via absinthecity there is a Chocolate Festival http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/chocolate-festival-at-southbank-centre-article-8105.html in London this weekend. I'll be elsewhere. -
Degree education
Comment on this article I liked http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article7069804.ece re current degrees.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/03/help_file_trojan/
malware that stashes a copy of itself in a Windows help file to ensure victim computers remain infected... infects a Windows file called imepaden.hlp so it stores the main components of the malware in ( Read more... )