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As regular readers will know, and new ones will find out, we like to mix it up. In the current issue we tackle some serious and disturbing subjects – cults and children accused of witchcraft – and look at weighty issues like neuropolitics and the future of secularism. But we also try and find some time for humour. A case in point is our regular Endgame column by Laurie Taylor, in which he takes his readers through the everyday embarrassments and ironies of 21st century life, in the tradition of Larry David. In his current column Laurie experiences the excruciating consequences of a rash moment of generosity.


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