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Doing the splits

Stephen Bates — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:50 GMT

Like Mr Rochester's first wife, the misogyny and homophobia of the Church of England's factions keep leaping out of the attic to scare off decent folk

Fundamental change

Stephen Bates — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Both politically and theologically, conservative Christianity is now a militant and rapidly growing force, in Britain and globally

Brussels? You couldn't make it up . . .

Stephen Bates — Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:00:00 GMT

. . . but journalists often do. Stephen Bates reveals how the press finds its Euro scares

Prodi plays his role in a French farce

Stephen Bates — Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Stephen Batesfinds that whoever plotted against the EC President, it was not the British

Eurosceptic? Moi?

Stephen Bates — Mon, 06 Mar 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Hogarth's caricatures of corrupt and weak Continentals are alive today, with a little help from new Labour

The faceless ones are in a flap

Stephen Bates — Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:00:00 GMT

In Brussels, allegations about corruption, guns and astrologers threaten some glittering careers, reports Stephen Bates

Goodbye to a marvellous racket

Stephen Bates — Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Stephen Bates welcomes the end of duty-free and sees in it a rare victory for social justice over the power of corporate lobbying

Good friends slip on a banana skin

Stephen Bates — Fri, 08 Jan 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Iraq is not the only target for US sanctions; so is Britain, at least as far as sheep's milk, candles and folding cartons are concerned. Stephen Bates explains