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Entries from July 2010

So, speculative fiction writers, go ahead and speculate

July 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · Steampunk

The inestimable Sir Terence Pratchett of Ankh-Morpork is spearheading a new competition to find an unpublished writer of speculative fiction and to lead them towards all the glorious riches that go with publication – literally in this case, since an advance of £20,000 is part of the deal.

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It might be art – part two

July 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · But is it Art?, Morally Bankrupt Godless Liberalism, The truth is out there

This is the second part of a post covering the BHA’s conference on humanism, philosophy and the arts held at Conway Hall last weekend.

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It might be art, but what does that mean?

July 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · But is it Art?, Morally Bankrupt Godless Liberalism, The truth is out there

And so to London last weekend for the latest in the British Humanist Association’s series of study days, events that are always well worth attending and which should definitely figure on your future list of entertainment and diversion.

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