In this morning’s The Independent: Faith schools are ‘at odds with reason’, says chaplain By Richard Garner, Education Editor Published: 12 April 2006 Teachers’ leaders have demanded an end to the funding of more faith schools, saying pupils risked being indoctrinated by religious extremists. They made the call after it was revealed that 42 of […]

A gem from yesterday’s Independent: A peace activist who organised an anti-war tea party that took place opposite the House of Commons faces prison. Mark Barrett, a tour guide … is one of a group of activists who meet every week to drink tea and eat cake on Parliament Square in protest at “an attack […]

I came upon, by chance, a couple of September 11 sites yesterday, reminding me that I’ve a whole lot of reading and writing ahead of me (should I ever find the time). You see, I love conspiracy theories, a sandbox for thinking about the ramifications of Leibniz’s possible worlds, a reassurance that we’re not all […]

… having first installed WordPress around a month back, and then having done something so embarrassingly DUMB that I shan’t bother to tell you about it. So … re-installed today.