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Rewriting history will not atone for the mistreatment of Alan Turing

Nichi Hodgson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:23 GMT

If we pardon Turing, there are thousands more due the same. Never returning to those times should be our aim.

Tories can be feminists. They just might not be your kind of feminists

Nichi Hodgson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:48:51 GMT

All social equality movements have their separate strands. Right-wingers aren't the enemy, any more than men are.

Why prostitutes are living in a "climate of fear"

Nichi Hodgson — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:48:09 GMT

Police crackdowns on brothel-keeping mean that sex workers are unwilling to report intimidation and violence.

It's time to abolish the obscenity law

Nichi Hodgson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:50:14 GMT

Obscenity law robs us of agency. And it tells us that we are depraved.

Cohen at The Big Chill

Nichi Hodgson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:00:28 GMT

At 73, and with a career spanning four decades, how can Leonard Cohen possibly meet expectations? Quite simply, he doesn't. He surpasses them...

The Big Chill

Nichi Hodgson — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:07:16 GMT

Stages flanked by 10ft-high daffodils, a fake moon rising in the sky and a hillside sauna with no obvious heat generators but plenty of naked punters, welcome to the Big Chill

Pickled fish and rotten oranges

Nichi Hodgson — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:05:16 GMT

Like a hooked fish

Nichi Hodgson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Selected Poems Michael Hofmann Faber & Faber, 146pp, �12.99

�Poets are blessed�

Nichi Hodgson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

All Things Tire of Themselves Arnold Wesker Flambard Press, 96pp, �8.00

Death of a Liberal and other stories

Nichi Hodgson — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:14:59 GMT