Open Democracy- What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded? An alternative history, Thomas Ash Over at the openDemocracy front page today we've published an alternative history in which John Casey of Cambridge University imagines what would have happened if Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators had succeeded in blowing up Parliament: That gigantic explosion – never to be forgotten by any who heard it – destroyed James I, at least eight hundred membe […]
- What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded? An alternative history, Thomas Ash
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- New Pew Study finds that always-on Americans less socially isolated than previously reportedThe new Personal Networks and Community Survey, sponsored by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, takes issue with previous research that suggested social ties supported by internet and mobile phone are weak and dispersed: This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. […]
- New Pew Study finds that always-on Americans less socially isolated than previously reported
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- I Refuse to Buy a PoppyYesterday five British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman. Just as they keep promising that they’ve reached ‘decisive turning points’ in their battle with the Afghan resistance, British military officials immediately vowed that the ‘rogue’ policeman would be caught. Today the Taliban reports that the policeman is safe with them, and that he’s [.. […]
- I Refuse to Buy a Poppy
