May 2006

Human Rights Act seminar

  • May 25, 2006 at 8:37 am

  • I’ve just been forwarded details of this:

    ‘Is the Human Rights Act in Danger – and does it matter?’
    Hampstead Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, London, NW3
    Wednesday 21st June 2006, 7.45pm for 8.00pm
    £5 on the door, £3 concessions
    Geoffrey Bindman, Francesca Klug and Mustafa Suleyman will be speaking.
    More info at www.jfjhr.org.
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What are ‘core British values’?

  • May 24, 2006 at 5:22 pm

  • Bill Rammell (the UK’s Higher Education Minister) recently suggested that ‘core British values’ should be taught in schools.I don’t know whether I am actually lacking the intellect to sufficiently understand what is meant here, or am just trying too hard. Whatever the case, I can’t pin down any one value that is uniquely ‘British’: maybe [...]

My gripe with puns

  • May 24, 2006 at 2:59 pm

  • To me, a pun must make sense in context from whichever angle it’s looked at. For example, there was (and still is?) a London hair salon situated near to the Tate Modern on the south bank of the Thames with the name La Tete Modêrne.
    In contrast, a number of UK bike shops have given themselves [...]

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