The unkindest cut of all?
Critics say that male circumcision is unnecessary and barbaric. Advocates claim it has many benefits The Times, 24 March 2008 Barbaric, mutilation, child abuse, freaks, nutters, obsessives. The language on both sides of
Corporate communes
In the 1960s they shared Marxism, meals and love. Today's communards are more likely to be sharing profits Financial Times, 7 July 2007 They were the perfect homes for the hippy movement. Loosely structured and
Where hunger throws a harsh light on indulgence
David Baker is taught an unexpected lesson at the easternmost point of the Americas Financial Times, 25 November 2006 It was, I guess, with typical laidbackness that Brazil seemed to have
‘I wouldn’t say I was a believer’
Despite a dispiriting experience as a nun, Karen Armstrong is happy to think deeply about God Financial Times, 7 October 2006 Karen Armstrong is on a quest. Not that Britain's most popular
When life keeps getting louder
Police sirens, thumping music, loud neighbours – noise is no longer 'the forgotten pollutant' Financial Times, 19 August 2006 What noise can you hear right now? Birdsong? The buzzing of an
Land of my fathers
It took David Baker 40 years to get to Israel, but there he finally found peace Financial Times, 1 April 2006 When I was growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s,