20th Century
Václav Havel’s 1978 warning to the West
I’m trying to understand power – what it means, how it’s wielded, how it affects us. Big topic. But I’m increasingly convinced that we can’t
17th June 2013
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corruption
20th Century
Let the meaning choose the word: Orwell on political language
It has its gainsayers (eg Steven Poole is pretty disparaging, though unfairly in my view) but George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language (the whole
3rd June 2013
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21st Century
Wisdom from the Palaver Tree: Kofi Annan’s impossible job cajoling the world
I have just finished Kofi Annan’s fascinating memoir Interventions. Annan is clearly a man of great stature and influence, who strained every sinew to bring
7th May 2013
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CHRISTIAN LIFE
If hypocrites aren’t welcome in churches, where else can they (we) go?
Tom Wright wrote a bit of a blinder in the Guardian last week on the media’s apparent hypocrisy about hypocrisy – and he made some
12th March 2013
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AFRICA
Bishop Zac, the Black Monday campaign in Uganda and putting yourself in harm’s way
This is important. Bishop Zac Niringiye used to be my sort-of boss for the 4 years we worked in Uganda. He was the secretary of
19th February 2013
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