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No longer left at the door
For a long time, entry came with an unspoken price. Soften the accent. Shorten the name. Leave some part of yourself at the door. Something about that bargain appears to be changing.
Arab and Muslim faces are gradually entering spaces that, a generation ago, seemed locked
Dr Ruba Zeidan
5 min read
A Damascene Conversion or a Con. ex-Con's Con?
Joshua Bonehill-Paine. What a name to conjure with! Did it influence the path in life he has taken (nominative determinism) or is it just well suited to the person he is (an aptonym)?
Richard Pooley
5 min read
Stop Taking Away Our Right to Choose
In our increasingly authoritarian age, there are some areas in which, rather bizarrely, we have more choice than ever. In terms of personal relationships, there is nowadays a wide variety of choices.
Lynda Goetz
6 min read
The Massacre of the Innocents in Gaza
On 28 December each year Western Christian communities around the world mark the Feast of the Holy Innocents, commemorating the horrific events recounted in the Gospel of St Mathew (Ch 2 vv 16-17) when, having learned of the birth of Jesus Christ, Herod the Great, King of Judea (modern day Israel/Palestine) ordered the killing of all babies under the age of two years in Bethlehem and the surrounding district. Herod had been told of the prophecy that from among these childre
Michael Carberry
8 min read
What does the Holocaust teach us?
On 27th January 2025 the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz – Birkenau...
Michael Carberry
8 min read
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