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British newspapers appear to be making a big story out of a recent Royal decision to take note of modern Britain.
Some Hindus and Muslims objected to the name and the insignia of an honour established by the Queen 40 years ago to recognise distinguished service in the former colony of Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinity [...]

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How Much Longer?

Given that to some people it is a bizarre, outdated, isolated, impotent, expensive, religiously and sexually prejudiced institution, the question remains, why does it survive in the early twenty-first century? 

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Accidental Spillage

There are, of course, at least two good reasons for not playing your radio music too loudly. First, it can damage your health.  I now wear a hearing-aid in one ear as a result of an accidental close encounter with a very loud loudspeaker in my youth.  Secondly, it tends to annoy the neighbours - [...]

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I read in the UK Daily Mail yesterday (ok, it was a mistake - I wouldn’t normally read such a right-wing paper, but it was sitting there on the table looking lost and I was bored, so I picked it up) that the great British public are allegedly up in arms about two really significant [...]

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