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I’ve always thought that history ought to be taught backwards – start with today and then go back.

John Hoyland
John Hoyland: Blood on the canvas, by a modern master

I don’t believe
in heaven and
I am not
afraid of hell

so what if
I come back
as a cat

Is hypocrisy built into The Guardian’s DNA?

Stephen Glover
The case against “The Guardian”: muddle, exaggeration, hypocrisy

Not content with holding the title of Britain’s oldest worker, 101-year-old Buster Martin set off from Greenwich Park hoping to become the country’s oldest marathon runner. Mr Martin, a smoker since the age of seven who still turns up three days a week to clean vans in south London, refused to take on any water during the run and instead relied on supporters to provide him with strategically placed pints of bitter.

Jerome Taylor
The 28th London Marathon: It’s that time of Year …