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Monday, 8 February 2016

Out of His Cosmopolitan Tree : Kwame Anthony Appiah

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Today’s subject, Kwame Anthony Appiah (b.1954), is a philosophy professor and cultural theorist. He has used his multi-cultural ancestry...
Thursday, 4 February 2016

Polarity Rocks!

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Way back in March 2013 when my theme for the year was science and my “Ology of the Month” was geology I wrote about the work of a gay geop...
Saturday, 30 January 2016

Olympic Alphabet : H is for ...

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HOMOPHOBIA There have been several equality and human rights issues that have affected the modern Olympic movement. The biggest curren...
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Extraordinary Life : Holocaust Survivor

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To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day we look at a Holocaust survivor whose life straddled both sides of the conflict. His name is Pierr...
Sunday, 24 January 2016

A Queer Philosopher's Achievement : Francis Bacon

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[Achievement – the name given in heraldry to the full pictorial representation of a coat of arms.] One of my favourite historical lgbt pe...
Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Olympic Alphabet : G is for ...

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GYMNASTICS At first it might seem that there’s very little that lgbt gymnasts have contributed to the Olympic Games. After all, there’s ...
Sunday, 17 January 2016

Believe It Or Not : World Religion Day

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It came as a surprise to me to discover that there was a World Religion Day. I was even more surprised to find out that it began over 50...