Secrets of Stonehenge The mysteries of Stonehenge remain as deep as they ever were after the discovery of a ‘twin’ site on Salisbury Plain Nicholas Taylor guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 July 2010 13.29 BST Article history Aerial view of Stonehenge. Photograph: Jason Hawkes/CorbisThough there was much in the recent series of Doctor Who that niggled me, the sight of our heroes galloping towards Stonehenge couldn’t fail to squeeze out a gasp of delight. While I know nature is remarkable without exception, certainly not only cordoned off by a gorsedd of standing stones, there’s something dizzying about the presence of stone marshals … Continue reading Stonehenge

Allergy to BNP is undemocratic Barring Nick Griffin from the Queen’s garden party ignores his mandate as an MEP and allows the BNP to play the victim card Shaaz Mahboob guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 July 2010 10.00 BST Article history Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, was accused of exploiting his invitation for the garden party at Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPAIt appears to have come as a double-whammy for Nick Griffin, first a dismal performance in the general election, and now getting barred from the Buckingham Palace garden party. The BNP and its leader appear to be on a slippery slope … Continue reading BNP

Ian Tomlinson ruling: we must all fight this whitewash First Blair Peach. Then Jean Charles de Menezes. Now Ian Tomlinson. It is our duty to raise Cain this time George Monbiot guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 July 2010 21.00 BST Article history Hundreds of thousands of us have now seen the footage of the newspaper-seller shambling peacefully home from work. We’ve seen how, without warning or provocation, PC Simon Harwood attacked him from behind, hitting him with a baton then shoving him to the ground. We know that the officer had unlawfully removed his badge, and that his face was obscured by … Continue reading Ian Tomlinson – whitewash?

Burqa over the Bastille By Chan Akya  An Australian friend recently jolted me with an apparently aesthetic but obviously puerile suggestion, “Mate, can we amend this burqa ban so that only ugly women are required to wear them while the good-looking ones are mandated to wear bikinis?” He was referring to the boiling controversy in Europe over the body-covering burqa and the niqab face veil that has swiftly become one of the most hotly debated issues on the continent this summer.  France became the second European country on July 13 to pass a controversial ban on the wearing of burqas (traditional all-body robes, usually … Continue reading Burqa over the Bastille

Burqa over the Bastille By Chan Akya An Australian friend recently jolted me with an apparently aesthetic but obviously puerile suggestion, “Mate, can we amend this burqa ban so that only ugly women are required to wear them while the good-looking ones are mandated to wear bikinis?” He was referring to the boiling controversy in Europe over the body-covering burqa and the niqab face veil that has swiftly become one of the most hotly debated issues on the continent this summer. France became the second European country on July 13 to pass a controversial ban on the wearing of burqas (traditional all-body robes, usually … Continue reading