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  • habits-are-not-illnesses

    Habits Are Not Illnesses

    Joe Peacott argues that the concept of 'addiction' is merely part of a long tradition of medicalising socially unacceptable behaviour.

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  • A Gag Order for Parents?

    A Gag Order on Parents?

    A law professor considers USA court rulings that restrict parents' speech, asking whether they can be reconciled with the Constitution.

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  • Fear and Loathing in Leeds

    Fettering Freedom of Expression

    Following the Leeds Salon debate on ‘Freedom of Expression’, Paul Thomas examines Leeds University’s ‘Protocol on Freedom of Expression’.

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  • The Pull of Reality

    The Pull of Reality

    Michele Ledda praises Wasted’s demolition of educational myths but argues for a more incisive critique of the politics of change.

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  • Freedom of Expression and the University (May, Leeds Salon)

    Freedom of Expression and the University (May, Leeds Salon)

    On Thursday 20th of May, Leeds Salon will host a debate on 'Freedom of Expression and the University'.

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  • Norman Bates and the End of Time

    Norman Bates and the End of Time

    Charles Brickdale suggests that Don Delillo's 'Point Omega' joins a major cultural trend in portraying contemporary civilisation as terminally exhausted.

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  • Are you aware?

    Are YOU Aware?

    Paul Thomas questions the current fashion for awareness-raising, and argues that its aims and effects are pernicious.

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  • The TUC and the dangers of far-right obsession

    Fear and Loathing in Leeds

    Phillip Dickinson argues that Leeds University Union's 'No Platform' position poses a far greater threat to democracy than the BNP.

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  • The Girl Who Played With Fire

    The Girl Who Played With Fire — Stieg Larsson (Maclehose Press)

    Stephen Bowler reviews 'The Girl Who Played With Fire', the sequel to Steig Larsson's 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'.

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  • Point Omega — Don DeLillo (Picador)

    Point Omega — Don DeLillo (Picador)

    Wes Brown reviews Don DeLillo's latest novel, 'Point Omega' (Picador, 2010).

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