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Remind me, liberals, why it’s not OK to want to wish pain and misery on burglars
I hesitated about writing this post, because I will be sticking my toe out from under the liberal canopy, which always causes a chilly little wind to whip up from certain quarters. I am essentially a liberal. With some of my life experiences, it would be very weird and hypocritical if I wasn’t, but there […]
Is there anything new to say about fame?
April 25, 2010
I always feel a twinge of cynicism when I hear that someone is lecturing or writing about fame and celebrity. As a subject it is self referential to the point of dullness, despite the best efforts of the likes of Marina Hyde in the Guardian. There are only so many times you can hear about […]
Hate campaigns on Amazon and my rather disturbing experience
April 23, 2010
Anonymous hate mail had its moment in the spotlight this week, with this story: Historian’s wife and her poison pen expose dark side of literary criticism. Historian Orlando Figes, who teaches at Birkbeck, called in the lawyers when he was accused of penning nasty reviews of various colleagues’ work. How embarrassing, then, that the culprit […]
April 28, 2010
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