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' Course, not one of that stuff makes dissection acceptable. ;)

Yes. However, it can't be instigated externally: compare Syria with Libya. In Libya, there was a concrete (if volatile), civilian opposition to autocracy, which was doing all it could to ...

Economic globalisation = political globalisation = cultural globalisation Who knows? The world could have one state.

I'm applying for history this year (well, next week, actually!), so maybe I can give you some thoughts! I'm thinking about York, Durham and maybe King's too, but out of ...

My view on capitalism: freedom of the individual has nothing to do with economic liberty, which is quite simply the right to exploit others for profit. (A slight adaptation from ...

I agree with MMM. I only ever skip lessons where I know I won't learn anything in them. Then I'll go up to the library and read the textbook or ...

Art, philosophy and science have never been the same since we stopped using wax tablets... Amazon is the enemy.

Great idea! I'll be coming back here annoyed if I've not read at least one of these in the next few weeks. :) A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes Apparently ...

I think Terry Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's, says it best: Definitely worth a listen to! :D

I have to say, it would be very convenient if the world ended right before my exam on Monday...

I haven't (yet) read it, but the idea of banning a book is simply ludicrous. If you ban books that create a poor representation of a nation, then you invoke ...

I'm not one to (nearly) ever celebrate death. But for Osama Bin Laden, I'm willing to make an exception. Part of me would have liked to have seen him tried ...

My idea of perfection is someone who is probably deeply flawed. So I guess so. :P

Hears my new theory. We haven't seen any of the other mods today. Maybe they are the mods second accounts lol. What are you saying.

Well, if non-fictional literature counts you could look at something like Tony Blair's memoirs (A Journey - all the proceeds were given to a sporting centre for injured soldiers), as ...