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Immigration: we need to stop the racist rhetoric.
The article by my fellow contributor, Lynda Goetz, in last month’s Only Connect, entitled "We MUST reduce immigration...
Michael Carberry
12 min read
Spare me the Organ Recital
Deep breath. I’m about to offend what few friends I have left. I have recently made a new entry into my list of conversational pet hates...
Richard Pooley
5 min read
The Perils of Trying to be Funny
My father offered me sage advice before my one, and so far only, visit to China. “Don’t tell too many jokes”. This was way back in 1985...
Eric Boa
6 min read
Veronica, Vice-President: The Best Interviewee
Every morning, I wake to the probing questions of current affairs journalists on BBC Radio 4. The responses from those in the limelight...
Eric Boa
4 min read
Digital Echo Chambers - The Coffee Houses of Today
‘Echo chambers’ may not have been the word or phrase of 2023 (that was ‘authentic’ according to Merriam Webster; ‘rizz’, short for...
Lynda Goetz
7 min read
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