Some British Indian parents force their children to marry.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Colonials and Natives
Another proud moment for the ruling class.
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Mark Thatcher Gets Suspended Sentence
The younger generation just can’t get it right.
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Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti on ‘Behzti’ and the Aftermath
Religion and art have collided for centuries.
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Evolution Disclaimer Sticker Must be Removed
Anti-evolution sticker violates the constitution.
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Ken Livingstone Defends Yusuf al-Qaradawi
He’s shared a platform with or met various famous people, therefore…
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Waterstone’s, Free Speech, the Power of Books
Bookshop fires employee for saying harsh things about boss on blog.
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BBC Producer Quits Over ‘Blasphemy’
Senior producer at Radio 3 resigns in protest at blasphemy in Springer Opera.
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People are Capable of Rational Thought
To say the people of Jamaica cannot change values inherited from British colonial era is to infantilise them.
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Germaine Greer Has Her Reasons
‘The British university was a club Greer did not want to remain in.’
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‘Christian Voice’ Guy Gets Some Attention
Admits it was a mistake to publish BBC executives’ home addresses: ‘I’m fallible.’
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Kenan Malik on Exaggerated Islamophobia
People struggling to defend basic rights within Muslim communities are called racist.
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Nick Cohen on the Silence About Hadi Salih
“Do you want priests to be able to control ‘their’ people?” No? Get ready for a fight then.
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Male Editors Needed to Sexualize Sontag
Waspish Sontag might have replied: stiffening of male editors no reason to impute rigor to her.
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Sontag v Derrida
Hair; obit word-count; celebrity score; president is/is not sad; was/was not silly.
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‘The Canon’ Has no Value for the Underprivileged?
In fact ‘the canon’ enabled ‘the masses’ to become thinking individuals.
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Mary Kenny Gratified to See BBC Cages Rattled
And glad to see Christians catch up with Muslims and Sikhs in the cage-rattling game.
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New York Times on Guy Davenport
‘He talked over everybody’s head, but in a way that made you want to get to where he was.’
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Complaints to BBC Escalate to Threats of Violence
BBC2 controller, director of television deluged with ‘threatening’ and ‘abusive’ phone calls.
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‘Christian Voice’ Published Private Details on Website
Removed information after warnings from BBC lawyers; Keating and others had received threats.