Sunday, 26 February 2012

The Dunbar number: the reason my family consists of just one hundred and fifty people

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I was at a marvellous family event in Bangalore recently: an uncle and aunt's fiftieth wedding anniversary. It was a evening of laugh...
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Work-family balance: one front where Manmohan Singh has it easier than Barack Obama

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Jodi Kantor's new book The Obamas reports that "Barack refuses to miss dinner with his family more than twice a week".  ...
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Sunday, 12 February 2012

Would Captain Haddock have had a Scottish accent?

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Blistering barnacles! Thundering typhoons! Ostrogoths! Bashi bazouks! Why has Steven Spielberg given Captain Haddock a Scottish accent...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Che Guevara: Fidel Castro :: Jesus: Christ

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Che Guevara is an iconic hero, universally beloved and revered. Fidel Castro is often seen as a villain, hated and reviled as one of th...
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Sunday, 22 January 2012

Did Jesus come before Christ? Or Christ before Jesus?

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I read, and enjoyed, a book that called Christ a scoundrel. The book is by Philip Pullman, a well known atheist. Pullman isn’t being su...
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Kolaveri Di Takes Europe by Storm

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 Kolaveri Di takes Europe by storm, as predicted by Limca Cuts from Planet Earth.
Saturday, 7 January 2012

Why Liz Hurley is turning Shane Warne into a metrosexual pretty-boy

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I’ve been wrong about Liz Hurley’s love life previously. I predicted that Liz and her Indian husband Arun Nayar would make a good couple, ...