Category Archives: Arts

MMR and me

Posted on 19/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

I have a doctorate in physics. My wife has one in chemistry. We have an 11-year-old son, who should have got his MMR jab in 2003 A lot has been written about the MMR scare of just over a decade … Continue reading →

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(Don’t) Respect my Authority

Posted on 13/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

A venue, a role, an award, can lend authority. But it’s only a loan. At the Guardian.

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Iain M Banks, and what we might be when we have nothing to fear

Posted on 03/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

The Culture is wonderful. And, sadly, still fiction At the Guardian.

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The philosophy of the Higgs

Posted on 24/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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