A hint from the Northern Echo: Philippa to aim for university A BEAUTY queen has vowed to knuckle down to her studies after receiving her AS-level results. Miss Sunderland Philippa Attle, 17, earned C grades in English and history and … Continue reading
Posted just now on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s website: Prizes for: a) what it might mean, and b) the most imaginative way that the Daily Mail will turn this into “an excoriating attack on David Cameron’s government by an out-of-touch … Continue reading
…I have learned that different disciplines use particular words to describe good work done in that discipline. For example, in physics the best work is described as ‘‘elegant’’ which seems to mean the implications of the work may not be … Continue reading
Carmen Callil has resigned as a judge on the Man Booker International prize panel. She disagreed with its decision to award a special prize to Philip Roth. Speaking of Roth’s writing, which includes Portnoy’s Complaint and The Human Stain, Callil … Continue reading
According to Harold Camping and his Family Radio flavour of Millenarianism, this and his assertion that this Saturday evening will mark the end of the world (again in a particularly Family Radio flavour of Millenarianism). When the world doesn’t end this Saturday … Continue reading
How we celebrate Pentecost in St Stephen’s, Canterbury (!) Suggestion from, and hat tip to, Scott Gunn
In this month’s Atlantic there is a fascinating article on the Turing Test and what it says about being human. In it, the writer, Brian Christian, gives an interesting piece of background to the perennial popular anthropology question: Philosophers, psychologists, … Continue reading
A suggestion from the new Team Rector of most of Essex: Go to Wikipedia & hit random. The first article you get is the name of your band. Go to quotationspage.com & hit random quotes. The last 4 or 5 … Continue reading
Today an email from Amazon, noting my purchasing pattern, and based upon the purchasing patterns of other discerning consumers, suggesting a book I might like to buy. Rowan Williams and careers advice? There’s a neat combination!
Pope prays for peace at Christmas Eve Mass in Vatican Terry Sanderson of the National Secular Society said: It’s typical of the oppressive religious powers that they attempt to usurp every secular person’s right to a peaceful Christmas. Oops! Richard … Continue reading