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Monti on money matters

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Monti on money matters

Mario Monti, the Italian Prime Minister, gave a public lecture at the LSE on the 18th January after a meeting with the Prime Minister, David Cameron. Read more »

Complaints filed over Muhammad cartoons

On 14th January, members of the LSE’s Students’ Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist (ASH) Society began posting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a sign of solidarity with the Atheist Humanist Secularist group at the University College of London (UCL). Read more »

LSE to front cost of Bankside vandalism

LSE decide to pay for the damages to Bankisde Hall basement. Read more »

Metropolitan Police Commissioner delivers divisive public lecture to LSE students

A lecture by Bernard Hogan-Howe, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, resulted in controversy, Monday 16th January, when the new head of the police service spoke at the LSE.  Chaired by Professor Tim Newburn, head of the Department of Social Policy, the Sheffield-born Hogan-Howe opened with a brief biography of his career, which began in South… Read more »

Halal and Kosher now on the menu

Passfield Hall has this week successfully introduced Halal and Kosher food in halls. Read more »

Features

Women in the Boardroom

Shrina Poojara interviews Mary Goudie about the 30% club Read more »

Measured Musings

Chris Rogers muses on how the Republican primaries have gone so far Read more »

A very rare Earth?

Hannah Richmond considers the implications of China’s mining policy Read more »

Look to the skies

Nicholas Jaroszek looks at this year’s prospects for amateur astronomy Read more »

Sport

A crucial week for Liverpool

Seasons are defined by moments; a matter of seconds provides the thinnest of margins between success and failure.  For Liverpool, that ever-present sleeping giant, success is but a few steps away; yet for every player, coach or fan, failure must, dauntingly, seem even closer. In the week ahead, both Manchester City and Manchester United visit… Read more »

Social

This lady’s not for turnstiling

Cleo Pearsons on her persistent issues with the library entrance Read more »

Travel Diary: An island of two tales

Rosie Hamer’s two weeks of contradictory culture in Bali Read more »

Comment

Letter to the Editor – Issue 763

I write in order to highlight to your readers and my erstwhile friends at the Atheist and Humanist Society a few irregularities apparent in their letter to you on the 8th November regarding an article that appeared in the 25th October entitled ‘Explaining Shariah’. Read more »

For God’s sake, stop bashing religion!

Objecting to Tom Maksymiw’s comment about religious morality Read more »

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