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		<title>The longest interlude in history</title>
		<link>http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/the-longest-interlude-in-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 12:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN the history of interludes this must rank as one of the longest . . .  It could even be classed as an era. I don’t know where the demarcation lines are on these things. But I’ve still got loads &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/the-longest-interlude-in-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3817&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Right Round the Houses (No 30)</title>
		<link>http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/right-round-the-houses-no-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELCOME once more to Right Round the Houses, the weekly feature where the nation’s columnists strive to be witty and erudite – but seldom succeed . . . (visit Ragged Right for the full archive)   The Ephraim Hardcastle column &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/right-round-the-houses-no-30/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3806&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are we coming or going?</title>
		<link>http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/are-we-coming-or-going/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOME good news at last from the pages of the Daily Mail. This is the sort of stuff its readers like to lap up. Any more cheery stories in the same edition? Oh . . .<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3799&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dead parrot story (the story, not the parrot)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Daily Mail has a story about a lost parrot that’s reunited with its owners after spending the winter in a hen house. But this is no ordinary parrot – and no ordinary story. This a masterpiece of journalistic shenanigans &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/dead-parrot-story-the-story-not-the-parrot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3788&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big fat gypsy stereotyping</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE children of traveller families are to get special treatment in schools if they misbehave. Under Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance, teachers are being told to be sympathetic to traveller parents because they struggle with confidence issues and are &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/big-fat-gypsy-stereotyping/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3784&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Most spurious headline of the day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM the Daily Mail: This is what the Daily Mail has to say about Smokey the cat, which lives in Northampton: The sound she produces can reach an incredible 92 decibels – the same as you’d experience watching a Boeing &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/most-spurious-headline-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3777&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Right Round the Houses (No 29)</title>
		<link>http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/right-round-the-houses-no-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELCOME back to Right Round the Houses, the weekly feature where the nation’s columnists have their say – while we wonder just why it is we put up with them . . . (visit Ragged Right for the full archive) &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/right-round-the-houses-no-29/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3767&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the hump – or not</title>
		<link>http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/getting-the-hump-%e2%80%93-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A MONSTER has been spotted in Windermere, England’s longest lake, by a couple of kayakers who work for an IT company. Despite their desperation to get out of the water, they managed to take a picture with a mobile phone. &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/getting-the-hump-%e2%80%93-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3755&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Methodism in Expresss madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RANTERS – an unfortunate choice of words by the Daily Express, which illustrates two things: Words can, in many instances, change their meanings over the centuries. People who shout – or perhaps rant – most about defending British culture, heritage, history &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/no-methodism-in-expresss-madness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3749&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ignore this story: Dirty cars save you money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Daily Express brings us something else to worry about – which is the only thing it does well. If your car is dirty, it’s carrying more weight, therefore it’s using more petrol, says a study. Not only that, it’s &#8230; <a href="http://thecrosshead.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/ignore-this-story-dirty-cars-save-you-money/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecrosshead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11527706&amp;post=3743&amp;subd=thecrosshead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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