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I'm usually a bit reticent about bashing the monarchy. When we're not showering the buggers with bonus tax revenue, they're a fairly inoffensive bunch. Heck, without the aid of a hilarious ventriloquist like Eddie Izzard or Ian Hislop, even Prince Philip isn't as ridiculous as we all think. In fact, you have to wonder how those who use the old ( Read more... ) -
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Christopher Hitchens's memoir Hitch 22 - read by the author - is currently available on Audible.com at £5.99. I've not checked if this is members only rate, but it's heartily recommended in any case. -
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I've always found those people who pair down their own peculiar Britishness into a precise metric of dual-heritage a little odd. You know, the ones at school who point out that their mother was from Swansea, but born in Chepstow and they are, therefore, 40% Welsh. This is probably not helped by the fact that many of my encounters with this ( Read more... ) -
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The White Man's Bone-den?
Natural History Museum returns human remains collected as 'curios' by C19 explorers and missionaries.
And fair enough, surely? Or not:
Dr Tiffany Jenkins, of the Institute of Ideas, believes that museums are acting out of a sense of post-colonial guilt: "This is meant to make reparations for all sorts of past wrongs," she told BBC News.
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"I think you just have to wear an outfit that doesn't have pidgeon-poop on" it
Home Alone 2 is on the TV as I'm cooking a late Sunday roast on an autumnal evening. It's a film I remember fondly from my childhood and will pretty much always have time for: everything from the soundtrack to Macauley Culkin's cheeky smile is a massive dollop of rosy nostalgia. Even more so as the film's various trappings evoke familiarity and ( Read more... ) -
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I've been feeling the itch to write something here again recently, but haven't yet bothered. The longer I refrain from bothering the more there will be to write and so the process of actually putting fingertips to keyboard becomes ever more unlikely to occur ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Anti-bullying month
Amazon.
I'm in your random selection process, breaking it with an uninspired joke.