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01 February 2018
The geek's Deepak
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The recent popular fascination with the meagre thinking of Jordan B. Peterson is both amusing and sad (a very Trumpian ‘sad’, that). Amusin...
21 February 2014
The joys and perils of live classical
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Two and a half years of living in the UK have afforded me and my wife quite a few opportunities to applaud some of our favourite artists. I&...
06 January 2014
Flirting with eternal damnation
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If last January's event at the crossroads of atheism and religion was the emergence of The Sunday Assembly (possibly the fastest growin...
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07 February 2013
Times and means of rapprochement (V)
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In Cult and Character , the red cow ritual (Numbers 19) is interpreted in an inescapably contradictory manner (see pp.183-184). On the one h...
04 February 2013
Kicking the Lord out of the church
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At a friend's prompting, I attended yesterday's Sunday Assembly ( The Guardian chronicled the event). It's fashionable nowaday...
16 November 2012
Times and means of rapprochement (IV)
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In a note on page 341, Gane writes: “Transferability of blame / culpability is primarily attested in cultic contexts: Exod 28:38; Lev 10:17;...
01 October 2012
To see, hear and taste
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A nice, self-forgetful afternoon at The Courtauld Gallery . A self-indulgent, savory dinner at Sitar . Indian food cooked and served with Fr...
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