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Democracy Dies in Darkness

Posted on March 4, 2017 by

Diogenes, it’s said, carried a lamp by day as he walked the streets of Athens. Asked why, he said he was looking for an honest man. Is this a perennial quest, to remain forever unfulfilled? Because we simply don’t know … Continue reading →

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I am not a number. Je suis humaine.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by

If you recognise the first part of the title as coming from ‘The Prisoner’, award yourself a silver star! But, be warned, that’s as cheerful as the mood of this post gets. Today I was planning to write something superficial … Continue reading →

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