Quidnunc

Leslie Jones attends a colloqium on the origins and dangers of fascism

Derek Turner — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:52:26 +0100

On the 20th of May, 2008, the German Historical Institute of London hosted a colloquium entitled “Controversies on Twentieth-Century Fascism”. ...

25th April 2008

Derek Turner — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:32:15 +0100

What is it about immigration that makes otherwise intelligent people have shivery panic attacks? Immigration-sceptics are often accused of “xenophobia”, as ...

St George's Day

Derek Turner — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:56:17 +0100

For the last few weeks, the British media have been full of Enoch Powell, who seemingly still exerts a powerful ...

22 April 2008

Derek Turner — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:49:55 +0100

Britain’s mainstream political parties are united not only by increasing ideological convergence and political myopia, but also by staggering ...

8th April 2008

Derek Turner — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:25:52 +0100

It is strange how political ideas can catch alight, after decades of being ignored or scorned. Just as volcanoes that ...

On Hubris by Leslie Jones

Derek Turner — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:34:57 +0100

On Hubris

Nick Cohen, What’s Left? How Liberals Lost Their Way, Fourth Estate, 2007

David Owen, The Hubris ...

25th March 2008

Derek Turner — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:15 +0000

UNION BLUES

An alphabet soup of ridiculous people and ridiculous organizations is having a immigration whine-in this coming weekend at ...

17 March 2008

Derek Turner — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Vexatious viewers

Once he was ‘too posh’; now he is prejudiced too. The BBC’s Basil Brush Show has been accused ...

4 February 2008

Derek Turner — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:11:52 +0000
The boring views of Saffron Burrows, enjoyable crucifixion, screaming spires of Oxford, patriotism as a "controversial issue"

30th January 2008

Derek Turner — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:15:16 +0000
Random thoughts on sex education, Paddy Ashdown, reverse snobbery, the U elections and BBC 'fairness'