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Crackers for Jesus

  • 04 September 2008
  • 8 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
  • 8 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

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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