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Thursday, 14 January 2010

Vampires, Vestal Virgins and Vegetation Gods

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What connects them? Well, blood of course – and if it weren’t for the ancient vegetation dying and resurrecting gods, it’s unlikely vampires...
Monday, 11 January 2010

The Cult of the Individual.

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I went to see the rightly-acclaimed ‘We Will Rock You’ a few days ago, and apart from my enjoyment of the music and humour in the production...
Thursday, 31 December 2009

New Year's Resolutions

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Traditionally, this is the time for making New Year’s Resolutions – because of some arbitrary point at which a section of humankind have cho...
Sunday, 6 December 2009

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Osirismas….

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…or Tammuzmas, Dionysiusmas, Sol Invictusmas – call it what you will, there have been numerous ‘gods’ celebrating December 25 as their birth...
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Monday, 16 November 2009

Handwriting

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Many years ago, at my younger brother’s parents’ evening, excellent reports of his work were given by nearly all staff – he always was a cre...
Friday, 23 October 2009

Give him enough rope...

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I was one of those who watched Question Time avidly last night – I’m fairly sure the viewing figures must have shown a huge upturn, although...
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Friday, 18 September 2009

The Ode Re-Travelled

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I have recently re-acquainted myself with Stephen Fry’s wonderful opus, ‘The Ode Less Travelled’. As a poetry lover and a longtime admirer o...
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