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I wouldn't have thought it possible to come up with artwork involving a swastika (in a non-Hindu context), and have it not only non-offensive, but even funny; but Writers Bloc (the spoken-word group associated with my old writers' group in Edinburgh) have done it again:

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I've given my webpage a bit of a redesign (though not at present changed any of the content; I'll look into that in the nearish future). The old version was becoming an embarrassment: both the page style and the HTML were stuck in 1996.

I've tested it in Firefox 2 on Linux and Windows, IE 6, and Safari.^* If you find the new version does not work for you, let me know.

* Also Lynx and Links, for which the quasi-links at the top do not work. If anyone knows how to fix this, let me know; otherwise, I shall just let it pass, as I suspect the chances of anyone limited to a text-only browser, braille reader or screen reader visiting my site is quite low.

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Anyone else interested in coming to hear Ghil'ad Zuckermann speak on "Language, Religion and Identity in Israel" in UCL this evening? (I really must start thinking of going with other people earlier than the last minute...)