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Off topic: What universities should teach
Tonight I’ll be taking the stage at the Agora debate in the Guardian newsroom. Here’s my contribution (as Adrian Monk) to Education Guardian in support of the motion: Renaissance Man is dead. Education should be about training in subjects that will boost the economy. What do we know about the world since the Renaissance? Almost…
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Correcting the British media on Israel
There is a new watchdog on the prowl. Just Journalism is funded by those very public defenders of free speech – “private individuals.” Just Journalism aims to promote accurate and responsible reporting about Israel in the British media. Why start with Israel, you might ask? Before asking exactly what promoting accurate and responsible reporting means.…