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Articles from 4th Sep 2008
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Chris Upton: They’re only words but it depends how you use them
Sep 04 2008 | More Columnists
Postmodernist historians (I vowed I would never start a sentence, let alone a column, with the word ‘postmodernist’, but there we are) reckon that we cannot learn anything meaningful from old documents. All we can discover is the different way people use words. Read
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Cherish your festival, good folk of Moseley
Sep 04 2008 | More Columnists
Neil Connor hails the feelgood vibe at the Moseley Folk Festival and calls for more similar music events in Birmingham. Read
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Diane Benussi: An increase in those looking for a silver escape route
Sep 04 2008 | More Columnists
The number of break-ups among couples in their 60s has rocketed to an all time high, according to the latest official divorce figures. Despite an overall drop in the divorce rate, the "silver" age group was the only one where it rose among both men and women - from 12,636 in 2006 to 13,678 last year. Read
