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Wikileaks – Closing the Stable Door after the Horse has Bolted
One fact is indisputable, the documents are out there, they are now in the public domain and nothing is going to stop that information being released. Wikileaks have already made it clear that all the information, unsorted and unfiltered will be released Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics, Random Thoughts
Tagged cableleaks, China, diplomacy, Iran, Julian Assange, North Korea, UK, US, Wikileaks
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Good News on the Literary Front
The Times has run an article today on the publication of Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War:Letters and Diaries 1939-1945, edited by Peter J. Conradi, who seems to be doing an excellent job as her literary executor. This is a book I am particularly looking forward to reading. The letters to Frank Thompson should be [...]
Posted in Literature, News
Tagged 2nd World War, Diary, Frank Thompson, Iris Murdoch, letters, Oxford, Peter J Conradi, Plato
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Who Is My Neighbour?
What has happened in Haiti is appalling. The suffering that we are seeing on a minute by minute basis from the rolling news channels makes one realise how fragile the structure of civilisation is, and how quickly it can be removed by a natural tragedy. Haiti is a poor country, the poorest, we are told, [...]
