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Published in: openDemocracyUKKeeping in tune with the national curriculum - Muslims and music lessons
A number of schools in London have allowed Muslims to be withdrawn from music lessons by their parents. Teachers...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'We Need Roots' - Englishness and the new folk revival
When Morris dancing is being taken seriously again, you know you're in the midst of a serious folk revival.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReduce and equalise? Why electoral geography matters
The coalition's plans to reduce the number of constituencies in the UK to 600 and reduce their size poses a number...
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Published in: 50.50Spirit, hope, money and a dose of patriarchy
A growing movement of African Christians are making waves at home and abroad with their ultra conservative...
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Published in: oDRRussia back in the dock over 'Forbidden Art'
Three years ago an exhibition at Moscow’s Sakharov Centre of previously banned work entitled Forbidden Art led to...
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Published in: oDRPoetry in pictures: a film about Joseph Brodsky
Andrei Khrzhanovskii’s recent Russian film about the poet Joseph Brodsky evokes elements of his childhood, internal...
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Published in: HomeFinancial Crisis and its representations
Here's a little taste of what you can expect from the second installment of openDemocracy's Discourses series,...
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Published in: oDRVoznesensky: elegy for a fashionable poet
The poet Andrei Voznesensky died on 1 June. One of the former “big 4” Soviet poets, he managed to hang on to his...
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Published in: openIndiaBook Review: India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business and Industry in a Modern Nation
Historical and cultural detail provides a rich understanding of India's powerful new business houses
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"Your Freedom" - serious or all for show?
An online consultation into which laws and regulations should be removed marks a welcome reassertion of liberal...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK Coalition: A revolution in justice?
The new UK Justice Secretary's remarks on penal reform suggest an attempt to patch up a failing system, rather than...
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Published in: openSecurityThe US-Pakistan relationship: towards real accountability
In the wake of the foiled bombing of Times Square and attacks on Pakistan's minorities, Pakistan cannot be given a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlame the Germans
Forget Capello, the ball, and the referee. The real culprit has got away with it again.
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Published in: HomeToward a new Alexandria
The guardians of learning can no longer allow the Library to be surrounded with barbed-wire fences. It is time for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCo-operation - A better model for all of us
The UK's first ever Co-Operatives fortnight launches with co-operative endeavors in business and the economy across...
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Published in: HomeThe Geert Wilders enigma
The high-profile Dutch politician Geert Wilders is closer to mainstream centre-right politics in the Netherlands...
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Published in: HomeAll eyes on Neda
What do the deaths of protesters tell us about them, their governments, and ourselves?