abuse
Q Marks the Spot 131 (September 2019)
Sacred Treasure The Josh Harris ‘deconversion’ story (for those who are aware) is very sad and my heart goes out to him and his family.
1st September 2019
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Q FridayFun
18th Century
Friday Fun 48: Monopods vs Monobracchs Cricket
Well, the book’s first draft is done and sent off – the initial editors’ comments are awaited with trepidation. But the good news (I hear
20th June 2014
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19th Century
The perils of drink – but it’s not quite what you think
It’s Friday, and so that would normally call for some Friday fun. Well, this post more or less qualifiesasa bit of fun, but it’s also
20th September 2013
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beauty
Friday Fun 47: Skomer Puffins
Trying to write in the wonderfully balmy sun of Pembrokeshire this week has been a struggle! But I’m not complaining. it’s been a joy to
19th July 2013
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childhood
Friday Fun 46: Memories of running away from school
It seems that my prep school, where I boarded from aged 8-13 (yes I know, I’m still trying to catalogue the subsequent privileged hangups), is 150
12th July 2013
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20th Century
Friday Fun 45: Exposing an enemy’s deception with some wartime humour
Operation Fortitude was a crucial, bold, almost insane, factor in the success of D-Day in 1944. It was a hugely elaborate hoax, to make the
5th July 2013
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Friday Fun 44: Weeping after the shrink (Q’s 1000th post, appropriately enough)
A man has been seeing a psychiatrist for many years. It has been a lifeline for him. But friends were shaken to see him emerge
28th June 2013
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cartoons
Friday Fun 42: Beware the narrowing of the circles in which you move and have your being
My mind is steeped in the mad and self-referential world of conspiracy theories at the moment, as I try to make a way through to
6th June 2013
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20th Century
Friday Fun 41: Mitchell & Webb debunking conspiracy theories
Some readers will know that my current obsessions are conspiracies and suspicions. One of these days, these may coalesce into something substantial. But that feels
19th April 2013
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ARTS
Friday Fun 40: Musical comics and comical Musicians
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. 3 entertainment heroes: Morecambe, Borge & Dawson, all passed on, but all wonderful in their different ways. And
22nd March 2013
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16th Century
Friday Fun 39: Swotting up on the English Reformation (part 3: Elizabeth I)
For the time being, this is our final dip into the murky waters of Sellar & Yeatman’s classic 1066 and All That. After all, overindulgence
15th March 2013
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16th Century
Friday Fun 38: Swotting up on the English Reformation (part 2)
Boys and girls, last week’s lesson was only the beginning, the tip of the iceberg. How could you possibly imagine that we had plumbed the
8th March 2013
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