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Laura Pappano is a former education columnist for the Boston Globe and co-author of Playing With The Boys: Why Separate is not Equal in Sports. In the op-ed below she brings her love of football to play with her love of competition. If I hadn’t committed to baking a quiche (half ham, half broccoli and […]
Andrew Smith helps us learn about Halloween.
Pappano talks about Playing With The Boys.
John Brehm shares a poem on the blog.
Evan Schnittman explains how publishing is winning the Longtail War.
A podcast with D. Michael Lindsay.
By Kirsty OUP-UK All of us here at OUP-UK were saddened to hear of Ned Sherrin’s death on October 1, from throat cancer, at the age of 76. He was familiar to virtually everyone in the country as the presenter of the Radio 4 programme Loose Ends, but during his many years in showbusiness he […]
Philip Davis is fed up with seeing literature treated as fodder for convoluted academic analysis.
D. Michael Lindsay’s second podcast.
An excerpt from Stoic Warriors.
The story of what happened after Bud McFarlane woke up from his suicide attempt.
Philip Davis blogs for Moreover.
David Hendy talks about five milestone moments in the history of BBC Radio Four
D. Michael Lindsay looks at Evangelical Americans.
Philip Davis is back!
Evangelicals in politics get a lot of attention, much of it focusing on issues like abortion. But while everyone’s watching what James Dobson is doing in America, they’re missing what Rick Warren is doing in Africa. Last night, Michael Lindsay spoke about his new book, Faith in the Halls of Power.