Month: March 2018
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New Orleans
I love jazz. I can put John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” or Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert in my CD player and instantly be transported to another plane. I remember watching a film of Miles Davis playing Sketches of Spain a couple of years ago. It was filmed in black and white. Miles had a supporting…
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A collision of worlds
On Wednesday evening I had a curious experience. I popped into a bar to have a drink on my way back to my hotel after dinner. A French expat engaged me in conversation. He was very friendly and we talked for quite a while. It emerged that he was attending the same conference that I…
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Women-only electoral shortlists
The British Labour Party is currently riven by an extraordinary dispute, as reported recently by the Guardian (March 17 and also on March 4). Should transwomen be allowed to be selected to women-only electoral shortlists? The argument is a manifestation of a broader conflict, between so-called trans-exclusionary feminists (TERFs) and trans activists; the argument about…
Mrs Benn 