Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows From Harry Potter through such stopping points as Odysseus and back - but contains spoilers: big ones!
Anne Frank In the display on Anne Frank in Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital - the foundation was delivering diversity training - we saw the world famous picture of Anne staring into a future she would never see.
The ichneumon delusion Review of the first of three programmes in which Richard Dawkins ostensibly celebrates the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birh, but in reality announces his self-apotheosis.
Don't go down the road to hell, it's jammed with bendy-buses How an amusing article by comedienne Ariane Sherine was subverted by radical militant atheists with sinister agendas.
The orthodoxy of orthodonty There's more to life than perfect teeth.
When Fiona Pilkington set fire to the car she and her disabled daughter were sitting in after a decade of abuse lead by the Simmons family, liberal-socialist therapy-led interventions for antisocial scum were also cremated.
Claire Sweeney's big fat... What exactly was Claire Sweeney's motivation to put on as much weight as possible in a short time?
Abigail Blackburn and the truth about pregorexia Celebrity culture eats its own children, and nobody profits more than editors like Abigail Blackburn.
W'ell vote on politics not pillsThe blog that originated a rumour that Gordon Brown was on antidepressants was - whether he is or not - fuelled more by wishful thinking than facts. This could still prove to be a poisoned agenda of a chalice.
How The Simpsons made my day As my faith in my ability to stand against politically correct anti-life fascism faltered, I little suspected that The Simpsons would come to my rescue.
International Blasphemy Day: behind the mask The organisers of International Blasphemy Day have ignored every day being blasphemy day - for some faiths.
Norman Tebbit and the art of Risk Former Conservative Party chairman Norman Tebbit showed a magisterial understanding of the concept of risk when he suggested voters could elect smaller parties as a reaction to the MPs' expenses crisis. Councils, schools and insurance companies take note.
Top ten songs about ghost stories Storytelling is as fundamental an activity for human beings as eating or sleeping, and ghost stories are an integral part of this.
Strictly Dancing Rumours of ageism on the BBC1 show Strictly Come Dancing seem to be much exagerrated, and hide the truth behind Arlene Philips' departure.
Swine flu - is it time to panic yet? The stampede of people who sought to have themselves diagnosed (or otherwise) with swine flu on the government website/helpline smacked of panic.
Propaganda in words and pictures An actual GCSE Science paper, showing the sort of propaganda our children are confronted with daily as regards issues related to the beginning of life.
Why is an English village's birthrate outstripping China's? The answer is depressingly familiar, and so are some of the names that occur again and again.
Top ten songs about legend On the anniversaries of Woodstock and Elvis Presley's death, a look at songs about legends of all sorts.
The passions of Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will soon be retiring from Opera, but will remain active in teaching singers how to produce the music she is so passionate about. Simon Cowell need not apply.
Underage smoking is more stupid than criminal An unorthodox but time-honoured way to discourage an underage smoker.
Postsingular What happens after the singularity - the point at which artificial intelligence gains self-awareness and its cognitive powers surpass that of mankind? With characteristic Swiftian whimsy, Rudy Rucker offers a typically brilliant vision.
Running from the void Key points in Mohammed's life and a comparison with his reaction to the temptation to power to Jesus's. An attempt to release more heat than light in the run-up to the trial of the Vogelenzangs, who have been accused of insulting Islam.
The price of not being a victim Abducted toddler Madeleine McCann's parents have paid the price in spades for not playing the victim role for the more manipulative sectors of the media.
Crocs, giraffes and the vagrant nerve: inside nature's giants Richard Dawkins attends the dissection of a giraffe's recurent laryngeal nerve by,among others, Joy Reidenberg, but fails to forward his agenda with the innervation of unborn vertebrates.
Curtains for truth as hostilities begin
(New) Labour is an Enlightenment project more concerned with massaging the narrative than dealing with the reality of Broken Britain. 3 accusations of gross negligence on Labour's behalf.
Harriet Potters with Cambriggeshire Car Fees Labour's plans for congestion charges outside London are bad enough, but ironically, Harriet Harman's class-war-based plans to deprive "middle class" areas of buses might be the end of them.
Golliwog-gate:the racism of anti-racists When Carol Thatcher, daughter of the former prime-minister, was accused of racism, were there sinister undercurrents at play?
Elephants, Arthritis and Euthanasia: Inside Nature's Giants Channel 4's cerebral treatment of a post-mortem on an elephant.
Drink driving campaigns - a worked out example Bridget Driscoll was the first driving casualty in 1896, and unfortunately the deaths haven't ceased. Here's one example of a national anti-drink-driving campaign.
How diverse is diversity? On a diversity course, a left-leaning friend of mine pointed out that diversity isn't a good in itself, and pointed to Adolf Hitler as the most diversity-aware leader of modern times. I'm working on putting him in touch with his inner conservative.
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