Category: News
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Emerging Faith Must Be Combined with an Emerging Politics
The political shake-up in the Middle East is going to have serious repercussions across the West too. A democratic system does not prevent those with extremist views coming to power by the will of the people, and there are many in the US and Israel who are concerned that releasing Mubarak’s stranglehold in Egypt will…
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Why I’m Done with Ian McEwan. And Why You Should be too.
I’m perfectly sure he won’t give a crap, but I’m certain I’ll feel better for it – I’m done with Ian McEwan. He’s a gifted writer, no mistake about that, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed some of his books. But then Saturday was just…too knowing. Too aware of its own cleverness. A bit showy. But whatever,…
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‘Other’ now available in the US/UK as eBook | US Print Edition Coming Soon
Really pleased to announce that the UK edition of ‘Other‘ is available in the US and Canada as an eBook via Amazon (as it is in the UK too.) As I’m sure you know, you don’t need an actual Kindle to read Kindle downloads – you can get the software for free on your Mac…
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Ridiculous Sentence for Edward Woollard
Been meaning to post on this all day, but I’m disgusted by the 32 month sentence that has been handed down to Edward Woollard – the 18 year old student protester who threw a fire extinguisher off Tory party HQ. Let’s be clear: what he did was awful. It could have killed someone. It was…
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What About the Homeless Who Don’t Have Golden Voices?
Undoubtedly a moving story – a guy fallen on hard times begs by the side of the road and is ‘rediscovered’ as having the perfect voice for radio and voice-overs. Just begs the question… are the homeless who aren’t so blessed with some great talent not worth helping?