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December 28, 2007
The history of cosmology – the study of the Universe – for the last five hundred years is often portrayed as a clash between science on the one hand, and the cold hand of religious dogma on the other.
Part of this is rooted in fact – the Catholic Church of the Counter-Reformation for instance wa...
June 12, 2007
In recent years Tony Blair has been a man with very few foreign policy successes of any kind. But there was at least one. When British Marines were captured by Iranian forces in disputed waters in March this year, then held as prisoners and used as propaganda tools by the Iranian government, Blair q...
April 29, 2007
If you’ve never read an article in the US or British press about the state of the French economy, society and body politic, you should read one. And only one. Because when you’ve read one, you have pretty much read them all.
In fact, to do you a favour, one sentence should just about cover it. Ch...
April 05, 2007
Zack Snyder’s movie, ‘300’, has just arrived here in British cinemas after a highly successful box office performance in the US, where it broke previous records for a March opening weekend. Based on ‘Sin City’ author Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name it depicts the Battle of Thermopylae ...
February 21, 2007
Can you see a similarity between the following – insisting Coalition forces stay in Iraq until “the job is done”, perhaps with even more soldiers, or accepting that Coalition forces should stay in Iraq for a few more years to stabilise the situation while also criticising the administration for gros...