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Virgin Records (1977) I. I remember listening to a run down of the charts in the summer of 1977; anxiously waiting to press reco...

A box of donkey-hide gelatine from the 1960s  Photo: George Knowles /  South China Morning Post    I. Meat is Murder - and So is T...

Photo: ACF Animal Rescue   According to the author and journalist Fatima Bhutto, it makes little real difference who wins the elect...

20th century boy (c. 1973) I.  1977 - the year of punk - may have been of crucial importance in shaping my tastes, attitudes, and...

Black cat looking out of window  Stephen Alexander (2018) I. I don't have a cat: but I like cats. And I particularly like the...

Image: Scotty Hendricks (2018)   bigthink.com I. The word diversity is frequently used today, particularly by those who regard i...

Ooh, he was awful - but I like him! In a famous letter written to Sallie Hopkin on Christmas Day, 1912, Lawrence insists that once...

A short guide to D. H. Lawrence country by Bridget Pugh (Nottinghamshire  Local History Council, 1972) I. The View from Walker S...

Rachel Weisz as Hypatia in the 2009 film   Agora (dir. Alejandro Amenábar ) I. Hypatia: The Spirit of Plato and the Body of Aphr...

19th-century wooden poacher's priest Image: Country Home Antiques In a letter written to Sallie Hopkin on Christmas Day, 1...