ROASTING THE POPE
STEPHEN HUGH-JONES | ON LANGUAGE AND LIFE | November 23rd 2007
Never discount the strength of other people's gut feelings, especially in matters of religion, says Stephen Hugh-Jones--who admits to a touch of old-fashioned English anti-papism himself ...
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COMMENTS: 19 |THE POLICE STRUGGLE TO LOSE OUR CONFIDENCE
STEPHEN HUGH-JONES | ON LANGUAGE AND LIFE | November 15th 2007
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Londoners have a pretty high regard for their policemen, says Stephen Hugh-Jones. Which makes it all the sadder to the see the city's police chief squander that trust by ducking blame for a fatal fiasco ...
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COMMENTS: 0 |THE CASE FOR NICER NATIONALISM
STEPHEN HUGH-JONES | ON LANGUAGE AND LIFE | November 9th 2007
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You can be a Scottish (or Irish or Tibetan) nationalist, and the world will enthuse with you; but try being an English one and the world (to say nothing of the Scots) will give you a dark look, complains Stephen Hugh-Jones ...
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COMMENTS: 9 |DO YOU SPEAK SPORT (OR ARE YOU AMERICAN)?
STEPHEN HUGH-JONES | ON LANGUAGE AND LIFE
As English rugby hopes for a miracle in Paris, Stephen Hugh-Jones takes pleasure in the worldwide spread of British sports, and puzzles over American exceptionalism in this pursuit, as in so much else ...
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