Ntokozo Qwabe, the young Rhodes scholar crusading for his benefactor’s statue to be removed from its position above the portico of Oriel College, has justified his apparent biting of the deceased hand that feeds him by claiming that his scholarship … Continue reading Reparations
Muslims aren’t like us. They won’t integrate. They will always be separate from us. They see the world differently from us. Deal with it. This is the advice of the former head of the Equality and Human Rights commission, Trevor … Continue reading Integration
If you gave more attention to viral videos than they perhaps deserved, you’d think that men had suddenly stopped being interested in tits. Worse than that, you’d think they actually find them disgusting, to the extent of asking women who … Continue reading Breasts? Huh! What are they good for?
It’s a funny old word. No, I’m not quoting Mrs Thatcher at her resignation. There’s an ‘l’ missing. It’s not there. It’s absent. There is nothing where it should be. There are no ‘l’s in the word ‘word’. The word … Continue reading Nothing
Hunt, Taylor and Gayle. No, not a firm of solicitors, though presumably if they were, they would specialise in defending men against claims of sex discrimination in the work place. Here’s who they were and what they did, in case … Continue reading Equality
There is a piece in The Times here by Felicity Gerry QC concerning the call from the retiring Judge Mowat for defendants in rape and sexual assault cases to be granted the same anonymity that is afforded to the complainant. … Continue reading Queen’s Counsel
I’m in a play. I’ve done this before. It’s fun. There are other people in it with me. It works like this: I pretend to be someone else. It isn’t a real person I’m pretending to be, but a person … Continue reading Make believe
‘Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’ said Frank Zappa, allegedly, and I take his point, which is why I have never tried to do it, particularly. There might be a few choreographers prepared to put together a salsa … Continue reading Breakdown
Midnight. New Year’s Day. I was pulling an all-nighter on the night of all nights, doing nothing more exciting or important than making sure the dots all lined up on that grid of numbers my accountant wants to see each year before he tells me how doomed I am. The fireworks were popping and flashing, and the shadows they threw up on the wall reminded me that it had been six months since I’d last splashed out on the services of a window cleaner. From down the hall at the agency who rented the rest of the floor, keeping the … Continue reading Noir
What do the following statements have in common? ‘Isaac Newton is well known as one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. Less well known is his deep belief in God and his conviction that scientific investigation leads to a greater knowledge of God the Creator of the universe.’ ‘ ‘I don’t think people realise how the establishment became established. They simply stole land and property from the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.’ ‘Rhodes was racist. He used power and money to oppress others. So on … Continue reading Temporal Imperialism
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