places of congregation and informal sociability
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Democratic space
It’s not an accident that we attach the adjective ‘democratic’ to either describe actual public spaces, or to mark our aspirations for them. Indeed, there’s a flotilla of warm words – ‘shared’, ‘communal’, ‘inclusive’, ‘accessible’ – that together act as a collective nod towards the features and atmosphere we believe a truly public, ‘public space’… Continue reading
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The limitations of compensatory provision
It’s that time of year. More precisely, time of years. That period which feels, for me at least, set apart from the year we have left; but also semi-detached from the one we now notionally inhabit. I have yet to press the ‘Go’ button for full throttle into 2014. And in such circumstances, the mind… Continue reading
About Me
This is Bernard Spiegal’s blog.
I write mainly about Palestine/Israel and related issues; sometimes other stuff too
Recent Posts
- Chief Rabbi Mirvis: Moral purpose shattered
- A charade and a reflection on relative time: Jewish Establishment meets with Foreign Secretary Miliband
- You don’t have to succumb to…
- Synod begins loosening the shackles that tied it to the pro-Israel Jewish Establishment
- Clumsy and wrong: Jewish Establishment’s attempt to influence Church of England’s York Synod
Bernard Spiegal 