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The PhD Industry

# 2013-05-19 17:46:00, ulaca
In a discussion with Kingley Amis and Brian Aldiss shortly before his death in 1963, CS Lewis described a DPhil thesis (as these things are called at Oxford) in an arts subject such as English Literature as “the discovery of the mare's nest by the pursuit of the red herring”. He goes on:“Matthew Arnold made the horrible prophesy tha...

Malaysian PM Announces Measures to Address Prejudice against Chinese after Losing Their Votes

# 2013-05-05 22:19:00, ulaca
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Time to Learn from the Germans

# 2013-04-25 21:28:00, ulaca
Even as George Soros (isn’t that a Greek name?) predicts impending recession for the German economy, its football teams continue to carry all before them. The European Cup Final due to be held at Wembley next month will see Bayern Munich square off against Borussia Dortmund – good news for sausage sellers in Neasden.Not only does the ...

Seven Psychopaths

# 2013-04-23 18:13:00, ulaca
Seven Psychopaths is a black comedy from the team that brought us the 2008 black comedy In Bruges. This time round, director, Martin McDonagh makes use of the film within a film conceit to compose a variation on the gangsta angst theme.This is no thriller, nor is it a serious study of the psychology of a psychopath – or of anything else...

BYD’s Unlucky Run Continues

# 2013-04-09 20:51:00, ulaca
China’s electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD, isn’t having much luck with its products. Last year, in Shenzhen, one of its electric taxis was totalled by a drunk boy racer doing more than a ton.

Dickens’s Pugnacity

# 2013-04-04 23:17:00, ulaca
Havingcompletedmy reading of the Dickens’s novelistic canon (with the exception of Barnaby Rudge and the final three Christmas books), I am in a position to start a series of reflections on perhaps England’s best known, if not her best, novelist.

Reflections on Patriotism

# 2013-04-02 18:58:00, ulaca
"When rulers are wicked they may by propaganda encourage a demoniac condition of our sentiments in order to secure our acquiescence in their wickedness. That is one reason why we private persons should keep a wary eye on the health or disease of our own love for our country."Wicked rulers? A totalitarian government is unlikely to produce ...

Not Enough Attention as a CC-hild

# 2013-04-01 21:56:00, ulaca
Around a year ago, we acquired a new Corporate Communications Director – the third in three months. It wasn’t the best bit of business we’ve ever dome in the M&A line, as the woman has turned out to have every negative quality in the C-suite portfolio, AKA the Four Is – Illiteracy, Innumerac...