Brownies stop singing to God in new ‘inclusive’ campfire songs

Mar 6, 2023 by

by Neil Johnston, Telegraph: Campfire songs enjoyed by generations of Girl Guides have had their lyrics changed to omit references to God as part of an inclusivity drive. In a now-deleted blog post, Girlguiding said that the tradition of...

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Humanity is doomed if we let woke zealots destroy scientific truth

Mar 5, 2023 by

by Zoe Strimpel, Telegraph: Opening up science as a platform for political expression is a dangerous experiment. In 2012, enrolled on a gender studies MPhil, I was shocked to discover a body of feminist thought that claimed that science...

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Cenotaph is on Scotland Yard’s secret list of ‘contentious’ statues

Feb 22, 2023 by

by Charles Hymas, Telegraph: The Cenotaph, Britain’s chief national war memorial, has been placed on a secret Scotland Yard list of “contentious statues” prone to attack because of their links to war, imperialism or slavery. The former...

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On the politicisation of death

Feb 18, 2023 by

by Sebastian Millbank, The Critic: Those who live public lives also die public deaths. When a famous or infamous person dies, it is inevitable that their life is held up to public judgement, that final praises are offered, last insults...

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Why is Prevent downplaying the threat of Islamism?

Feb 12, 2023 by

by Rakib Ehsan, spiked: Britain’s counter-extremism programme has succumbed to political correctness. The independent review into the Prevent de-radicalisation programme published this week has confirmed what many have long suspected –...

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The fall and rise of American religion

Feb 5, 2023 by

by Ed West, Wrong Side of History: It’s often the case that whenever something new and interesting appears on the horizon, excitable prophets will step forward to tell us how it’s going to transform our world; then the thing doesn’t...

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