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Pope rushes to Spain to rescue it from “rampant secularism” 11 March, 2010
The Pope will make a visit to Spain in November to challenge what the Vatican sees as the rampant secularism of the Zapatero Government. […]
Make the Pope Pay Petition handed to No.10 11 March, 2010
Representatives of the National Secular Society delivered a 28,000-name petition to Downing Street on Thursday, requesting that the cost of the Popes trip to Britain be borne by the Church rather than the taxpayer. […]
Blasphemy law returns with a vengeance 11 March, 2010
The National Secular Society said this week that blasphemy law had been reintroduced by the back door after a Manchester man was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday of causing religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress. […]
Brazilian Church can’t tell fantasy from reality as it sues Hollywood studio 11 March, 2010
Brazil's Catholic Church is suing Columbia Pictures in Hollywood for using what it claims are unauthorized images of Rio's famous giant Christ statue being destroyed in its disaster movie "2012," which was in cinemas last November. […]
Islamists infiltrate Labour Party 11 March, 2010
An alarming edition of Channel 4s Dispatches programme this week revealed the extent to which a radical Islamist group has successfully infiltrated the Labour Party in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. […]
Irish Catholic Diocese running out of money as it pays for its sins against children 11 March, 2010
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Former archbishop claims politicians are “marginalising and bullying” Christianity 11 March, 2010
Joining the push to force religion into the election, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, said this week that politicians are trying to bully Christianity out of public life. […]
We’ll spite everybody rather than give anything to gay people – Catholic Church in Washington DC 11 March, 2010
When the District of Columbia in the USA announced that it intended to legalise gay marriage, the Catholic Church immediately said that it would withdraw all its welfare services in protest. The Church obviously expected the legislature of DC to capitulate to this blatant blackmail. But it didnt work, and gay marriage was legalised on Wednesday this week. […]
Dawkins books on auction for NSS 11 March, 2010
Five Richard Dawkins books, signed by the author and dedicated to the "Platitude of the Year 2009 winner" are now being auctioned on eBay in aid of the NSS. […]
How the Pope intends to spend (a lot of) your money 11 March, 2010
More information is emerging about the Popes trip the UK in September. Apparently Vatican officials travelled to Britain last week to stake out the territory. […]

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The Prince – Book of the Week on BBC R4

Monday, January 7th, 2008

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is this week’s (7th Jan to 11th Jan) feature on the BBC’s Radio 4 Book of the Week. Get it here BBC Book of the Week.
“Machiavelli served the Florentine Republic as a secretary and second chancellor at the turn of the 16th century, but was expelled from public life when [...]

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Monday, January 7th, 2008

This post is a line in my weblog sand. I’ve had this weblog for just over a year and I’ve completely lost focus on why I even started it. So, looking forwards rather than backwards, I’ve decided to give weblogging (I prefer the word ‘weblogging’ to ‘blogging’ for purely pretentious reasons) a proper go. Plus, [...]

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