By Warren Nunn Each time the creation-evolution debate gets an airing, there is a clear, passionate divide in which strong opinions are voiced. In the United States there have been court cases in which school boards have been sued over teaching students about...
By Warren Nunn Until this week, Raelene Castle was Rugby Australia’s CEO, the first woman to hold the prestigious role in that sport. She leaves the post dogged by controversy, mostly over the handling of the Israel Folau case. Former players wanted her out of...
The court-room is meant to be a serious place but people being people, humour is not far from the surface. Hystericals – Liverpool Echo 30 April 1918: When two women were summoned at Bootle to-day for assault, the following interesting passage took place:-...
Threatening payback – Worcester Journal 18 April 1850: ASSAULT.-Jones v Evans- The defendant in this case (who is a half-witted broker, or “general dealer,” better known by the appellation of “greasy pockets,”) had evaded their service of...
By Warren Nunn If lockdown because of the global Wuhan coronavirus pandemic means changing routine, why not let my beard grow? Perhaps this is somewhat trivial but it’s one way of recording what happened in my life. The first week was marked by lots of telephone...
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