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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Milibands and media
The media aspects of the election of Ed Miliband as Leader of the British Labour Party are already depressing. Three quick observations:
Posted in Politics and current affairs, Uncategorized
Tagged Baby boomer, Ed Miliband, Generatiion Y, Generation X
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Two Israelis encountered
Twice, on a business trip to Israel many years ago, I met women who seemed to personify certain characteristics of that country. Both were in uniform, both were strikingly beautiful, but each one could not have been more different from … Continue reading
Posted in Art, music and beauty, Journeys and destinations
Tagged aliyah, Israel, self-help, Sudan, Yemen
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Political realism
Are British politicians cynical enough? I ask because it sometimes doesn’t look as if they are. Two items in the Sunday papers yesterday are relevant to this discussion about realism and ethics in politics.
Gibbon at Oxford
The Gutenberg Project is opening a treasure store of obscure old books locked away, until now, in ancient libraries. I like to dip into it and come up with tiny gems like this topical one: the great 18th century historian … Continue reading
The serene light
Conscious that much of what I write here is about a preoccupation of mine – spirituality, belief and faith – I have decided to set up a third blog website (the second one is for my business) to cover those … Continue reading
Who invited him?
As a freethinking Anglican I hold no brief for the Pope, nor do I think he should not have come to the UK. For a pastoral visit, that is. But a State visit? As a citizen, and noting all the … Continue reading
Think about it 7
Chateaubriand uses a book review to remind Napoleon that when the history of a period, however bad, comes to be written, truth will always slay tyranny: Lorsque dans le silence de l’abjection, l’on n’entend plus retentir que la chaîne de … Continue reading
Lord, it’s time
A favourite Rilke poem for September, with a free translation by Rimboval: Autumn day Herr: es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß. Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren, und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los. Befiehl den letzten … Continue reading
You British!
No country has a thorough understanding of how other countries regard it. However frequent and wide-ranging the links and transactions between the UK and even its closest trading partners, Britons don’t have the perspective to enable them to see ourselves … Continue reading
Warnock on God
It is uplifting and also exasperating when a newspaper columnist comes up with a point which one is trying hard to get across oneself: uplifting because you see that a personaggio is, were they to know it, agreeing with you; … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, faith and religion
Tagged God, Mary Warnock, science and religion, Stephen Hawking
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