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As Mein Kampf Turns 100, Why is this Similar Antisemitic Manifesto by the ‘Philosopher of Islamic Terror’ Still Freely Available on Amazon?
As Hitler's infamous memoir Mein Kampf turns 100, Steven Tucker asks why a similar antisemitic manifesto by the 'philosopher of Islamic terror', Sayyid Qutb, is still freely available on Amazon.
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The Problem With the Internet of Things
Bill Gates has said only three jobs will survive the AI revolution: computer programmers, energy engineers and biologists. Professor James Alexander is somewhat alarmed by this coming 'Internet of Things'.
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Advice to Jordan Peterson After Watching Him Surrounded
After watching Jordan Peterson surrounded by 20 atheists and struggling to deflect their blows, Prof James Alexander has some friendly advice: stop trying to defend a watered down, secularised version of Christianity.
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The Two-Stroke Engine of Brian Wilson
"I don’t mean to do a man down on the occasion of his death," says Professor James Alexander, "but the Beach Boys were either insanely cheerful, or maudlin with thin self-pity." Was Brian Wilson overrated?
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I’ll Take the High Road
James Allan thinks he has discovered a new cure for jetlag – a seven-day walking holiday through the Scottish highlands. You can't tell whether you're tired from the trek or the flight!
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Shakespeare is the Key to Understanding Trump
Shakespeare is the key to understanding Trump, says Prof James Alexander. Trump is not system-politics, is not deep-state politics. Trump is court politics. And Shakespeare is our guide to the flamboyance of the court.
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Queer Cambridge
"King's was not queer, completely, and Cambridge elsewhere was certainly not as queer as King's." Prof James Alexander reviews Simon Goldhill's Queer Cambridge: An Alternative History.
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Are Novels Part of Our Cultural Malaise?
Never mind smartphones: surely it was the novel that invented mental health problems, suggests Prof James Alexander, as he pays tribute to the theorist of the form, David Lodge, who died on January 1st.
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Is Squid Game the Next Victim of Go Woke, Go Broke?
What happened to Squid Game? The Korean show broke records in 2021. But the new season spends tedious scenes exploring a trans character's background. It's the latest victim of go woke, go broke, says Jack Watson.
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Smoggie Queens Shows How Far BBC Comedy Has Fallen
Smoggie Queens shows how far BBC comedy has fallen, says Steven Tucker. Let's be honest, there's only one reason the corporation made this awful TV programme, and it's certainly not because it's funny.
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