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  Comment: Time for Polanski to face the music

  Sat Oct 10 08:59PM

  Roman Polanski learnt three lessons this week: The law doesn't forgive a crime no matter who you are; the law doesn't forget about it if you hide for 30 years; and the law doesn't give a damn who your friends are. In 1977 Polanski admitted to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old-girl but before he… More »

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  Giving teachers a bad rep

  Sun Sep 27 09:09AM

  Most teachers must have been cringing as they watched the news this week. On Monday we saw 26-year-old music teacher, Helen Goddard, jailed for 15 months for having sexual relations with one of her underage female pupils. Then on Wednesday we heard from Buckingham University vice-chancellor, Terence Kealey, who suggested that female students were a… More »

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  Should we play God with animals’ DNA?

  Sat Sep 12 08:03PM

  A US philosopher sparked a debate this week by calling for the genetic modification of animals' DNA so they don't feel pain when they are being slaughtered. Adam Shriver of Washington University in St Louis says there is a moral case for altering the DNA make-up of cows, chickens and other animals bred for… More »

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  The BNP can no longer afford to be white-only

  Sat Sep 05 03:19PM

  Reading the headline you may think this post is an exploration into the BNP's policies, however in this instance the headline is to be taken literally: The BNP simply do not have enough money to be a white-only party anymore. As was commented on by political writer Ian Dunt this week, the… More »

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  The dirty word: Creationism

  Sat Aug 29 03:31PM

  ‘People who reject the theory of evolution should be placed on a level with Holocaust deniers.' That is the opinion of the author Richard Dawkins who freely labels creationists as history deniers. It's an extreme view but it typifies the attitude shift towards anti-creationism which has picked up speed over the past decade or… More »

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  Goodbye boobs, hello pecs? I don't think so

  Sat Aug 15 08:26PM

  Britain's magazine industry witnessed the end of an era this week after FHM magazine finally lost its chokehold on the male market. For the past thirteen years FHM has been the nation's bestselling men's magazine but latest figures show that it has been out-muscled (couldn't resist) by Men's Health magazine. Many media reports suggest that men now prefer toned… More »

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  Should soldiers be able to choose their war?

  Sat Aug 08 02:44PM

  This week has had a very military feel about it. Yesterday the Ministry of Defence announced that three more British soldiers have been killed, with a fourth critically injured following a blast in Afghanistan.  These deaths came two days after 21-year-old Craftsman Anthony Lombardi, from Scunthorpe, was killed in an… More »

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  Do we have to blame somebody for everything?

  Sat Aug 01 06:42PM

  I was amused reading Michael Fish's blog entry on The Guardian website this week. Mr Fish writes that our long running dissatisfaction with British weather should be blamed on the media.That's a bit rich isn't it? Personally I blame the blame culture to which Mr Fish subscribes, and which he… More »

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  Did man really land on the moon?

  Sun Jul 19 07:54AM

  On Monday 20th July 2009 it will have been forty years to the day since man landed on the moon, or so we're told. Cue dramatic music.For every major global event there are always pockets of conspiracy theorists questioning what really happened, and rightly so. Without them Channel 5 would… More »

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