On Uncertain Ground

A S H Smyth — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:19:41 +0000

In which I, ASH Smyth, High Anglican atheist, descendant of Huguenots, dissenters, Presbyterians, Church of Ireland types, and maybe even Quakers, make my Catholic press debut, on Phil Klay’s Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War.

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For The Catholic Herald

A Hitch in time

A S H Smyth — Sun, 15 May 2022 16:49:44 +0000

On the late, great Christopher Hitchens, and the role the Falklands may have played in his political development.

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For The Critic

NEWS AT A GLANCE

A S H Smyth — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:00:59 +0000

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Only about three in every hundred amateur novel-writers find their way into print, except at their own expense.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, January 22 1907

The erection of a verandah is a useful way to extend one’s living quarters.

Seven American states observe Abraham Lincoln’s birthday as a public holiday.

There is only one Tunumiisut-French grammar.

Anne Watson has just moved to university here, and right now really needs money to live. She is willing to go on a date – and has massive breasts.

There is a shark that can live for 400 years.

In 1945 the Soviet Union took the side of Chiang Kai-shek against the Chinese communists.

What in Britain is called the Special Relationship, in Germany is called treason.

Working-class people swear a lot.

At birth, a baby’s focal distance is not much more than 20cm.

In a recent survey, atheists and agnostics knew the most about religion. In second place were Mormons; third Jews; and then all other forms of Christianity.

Barack Obama is Irish.

The revolution will not be printed in Comic Sans.

The word ‘acrylic’ does not benefit from repetitive translation.
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Barack Obama – A S H Smyth

On Uncertain Ground

A Hitch in time

NEWS AT A GLANCE