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Monday 6 February 2012

Mick Hume
No Jubilee for republicans – or royalists The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee throws the spotlight on royalty that is not very regal, and critics who are not really republican.

Nathalie Rothschild
Turning public places into mourning spaces
If New York’s prospective AIDS memorial park is anything to go by, it seems 9/11 now infuses everything in this city.

John Conroy
The New Brazil vs
anti-modern celebs
James Cameron and other wealthy Hollywooders are wrong if they think they can carry on bossing Brazil about.

Friday 3 February 2012

Sean Collins
The corruption of American politics
From Occupy to the Tea Party, the obsession with corruption is far more damaging to democracy than politicians' alleged shady dealings.

Duleep Allirajah
Football’s thin-skinned culture of complaint
The willingness of fans to take offence risks destroying the freedom to engage in no-holds-barred terrace banter.

David Bowden
Adapting Birdsong and finding gay footballers
This week, the long-awaited TV version of Faulks’ war epic was trumped by a surprisingly sweet invective against footie fans.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Brendan O’Neill
Banker-bashers: a lynch mob with PhDs
The mad political pursuit of ‘evil’ Fred Goodwin confirms that bankers are to posh commentators what paedos are to tabloid hacks.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Frank Furedi
How atheism became a religion in all but name
It was only a matter of time before someone proposed an ‘atheist temple’, given the religious-
like zealotry and dogma of the New Atheists.

Tom Finn-Kelcey
One cheer for Ofsted’s new standards
The education watchdog has finally recognised the importance of knowledge. But it’s still too target-obsessed.

Tuesday 31 January 2012

Mick Hume
What about a rescue deal for Euro-democracy?
A ‘secret’ German proposal for a commissioner to veto Greek budgets sparked outrage. But the EU has already usurped Greece’s sovereignty.

Tim Black
Still getting off on
banker-bashing
Given that it lets the state off the hook for the current economic mess, what's radical about baiting the rich?

Patrick Hayes
Liberated from the ‘idiocy of rural life’
Over half of China’s population – 691million people – now live in cities. It’s a mind-boggling achievement for mankind.

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	2 February 2012 Banker-bashers: a lynch mob with PhDs


	6 February 2012 No Jubilee for republicans – or royalists

Divorcing marriage from morality


	3 February 2012: If a film is this pretty, who cares if it’s true?


	3 February 2012: *Adapting Birdsong* and finding gay footballers**