And now for some festive cheer: a robust de-bunking of the Christmas Story by Richard Dawkins, partial agreement from the Archbishop of Canterbury, and my recommended Christmas reading this year – The God Delusion. Here’s the man himself, putting it more articulately than I ever could.

I’m using this as my profile image all over the Interweb until January. If you want to do the same, you can download it fromwww.imaginepeace.com.

I used to publish textbooks. Knowledge changes, and texts need updating. Some new editions are extensive re-writes; some are light, early edits that create an opportunity for re-marketing. Occasionally a film is re-released, prompting the same question: necessary revision or cynical marketing ploy?

I missed the screening of Taking Liberties at the Clapham Picture House this summer, which included a panel discussion with Shami Chakrabarti, Nick Clegg and other poster boys and girls of the liberal movement. Fortunately, it’s now available on DVD.