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Tragic events like yesterday's school shooting bring out the best in people. Teachers and pupils have been praised for timely actions...

It's heartbreaking. At least 27 people, including 18 children between the ages of five and ten have fallen victim, yet again, to a lon...

Wow. Just the other day, I was writing about how Labour must oppose benefit cuts , despite it being unpopular. The party must always seek to...

Here's an old book review I wrote on Colin Crouch's Post-Democracy . Crouch's small book was published in 2004, and this revi...

Oblivion is the next Tom Cruise vehicle. It looks rather nice. Tom Cruise is a silly man with even sillier beliefs. But he has appeare...

Controversial. Ed Miliband has indicated he will be taking this LibDem-supported Tory government on over real term cuts to benefits . It...

I'm outing myself as a video gaming pseud. I played them feverishly as a kid, completely lost interest in my 20s, and now only occasio...

Very sorry to hear about Patrick Moore. He may have been an old xenophobe and UKIP botherer, but Patrick will be missed by millions of scie...

It's time for an interlude. A camp interlude:

No sooner has it been announced that the nurse who took that prank radio call was found dead earlier today, the Twitterati have been pilin...