Charlie LairdPost-racial lies and post-Obama truths: “The Sellout” by Paul BeattyIt is uncomfortable to read a biting satire so poignant as “The Sellout”: the eponymous narrator sets up an agrarian district-state in…Jan 28, 2017Jan 28, 2017
Charlie LairdWhy people don’t listen to the ‘unifiers’ in an age of polarised politicsWHEN THE HUMAN GENOME was sequenced most non-scientists — including Bill Clinton who funded the research — who kept abreast of the leap…Oct 9, 2016Oct 9, 2016
Charlie LairdOne week after ‘brexit’ — mythology and the EUIt wasn’t meant to end like this. At ten o’clock last Thursday, polls closed and I went to bed: a safe bet was that I’d awaken to news of a…Jun 29, 2016Jun 29, 2016