Downgrading Civil Justice
Mediation 'is not about just settlement', said Professor Dame Hazel Genn last December. 'It is just about settlement.
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Bog off, Bruckner
I'm off to hear my hubby Tom's orchestra, the LPO, play a programme full of delicious Russian stuff tonight. We may have doubts about the 'Russian School', as per last month's print
Calling for Consistency in Tory Anti-Extremism Approach
Last Sunday, the Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC) revealed the relationship between the London Mayor's office and Mohamed Ali Harrath, who the Times exposed last year as being the subject of an
Demonstate Against Clerical Fascism!
On Saturday 31 October, Islam4UK plans to hold a procession called "March for Sharia" starting at 1pm. They intend to march past the Houses of Parliament where their members will call for
Barry Martin
"Vain man, vision of a moment made;Dream of a dream, shadow of a shade"Looking intensively outside yourself, investigating with an inquiring mind and asking questions about the nature of reality, provide a
How European are the British?
The writer Piers Paul Read's Catholic vision of the EU confronts the politician David Heathcoat-Amory's Eurosceptic case for Britain as an independent country. The discussion is chaired by Daniel Johnson, the Editor
British Muslims for Secular Democracy Organise a Demonstration Against al-Muhajiroun
I'm pasting the details of a press release from British Muslims for Secular Democracy below. I've been speaking with their vice-chair, Shaaz Mahboob, in the last few days and am hugely impressed
A Macabre New Vision of Spain
The influence of religious sculpture on the Golden Age painters suddenly becomes clear
Deliver Us
New Labour have not only eroded our liberty and destroyed the public finances - they've abused the English language too
Colour Me Angry
As a black Conservative parliamentary candidate, my choice of party is often met with either surprise or sneers “You’re so brave!” is the surprised declaration from people when I, a black woman,
Dear Sir or Madam
Our refusal to address others as 'Sir' or 'Madam' stems from our ideological revulsion against hierarchy
Connecticut: My Battle Against Google
‘I cursed and gaped. I closed and reopened the web site and there it all was again, three years of work, plus debt and lack of medical care and some rather bizarre