Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.

We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.

A note about links

Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.


Ah Yes – There’s a Lot of That Around *

Aug 8th, 2006 | Filed by

‘Ever since I became a religious person, I’ve noticed how much our country is deteriorating.’… Read the rest



Girl Executed for Being Raped *

Aug 8th, 2006 | Filed by

When Atefah realised her case was hopeless, she threw off her veil in protest. Fatal move.… Read the rest



Armageddon Fans Look Forward to WWIII *

Aug 8th, 2006 | Filed by

Evangelist claims confrontation with Iran is necessary to fulfill God’s plan for the future of the world.… Read the rest



BHL in Israel *

Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Behind the scenes, a fascism with an Islamist face.… Read the rest



Nicholas Humphrey’s Seeing Red *

Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by

‘It is our experience of the inner world that confirms the existence of a person.’… Read the rest



Real Voices of Brick Lane are Silent *

Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by

‘Greer is assuming a community speaks with one voice; it is patronising and arrogant.’… Read the rest



Ah, That’s a Relief *

Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by

‘We only want to stop people from committing bad acts and help maintain the honor of Islam.’… Read the rest



More Pictures from Stop the War Demo *

Aug 7th, 2006 | Filed by

Hezbollah flags, we are all Hezbollah signs, more Hezbollah flags.… Read the rest



First Chapter of Hofstadter Biography *

Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by

‘Hofstadter exhibited an enviable ability to connect with a large, critical, and politically conscious readership.’… Read the rest



John Gray on Sen’s Identity and Violence *

Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by

Attack on ‘solitarist’ theory that identities are formed by membership of a single social group.… Read the rest



Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on Cosmopolitanism *

Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by

The left sees cosmopolitanism as dilettante and elitist, the right sees it as unpatriotic.… Read the rest



Simon Blackburn on Plato’s Republic *

Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by

‘If any books change the world, Republic has a good claim to first place.’… Read the rest



Sam Tanenhaus Reviews Hofstadter Biography *

Aug 6th, 2006 | Filed by

Some of his best-known ideas came in think pieces in general interest magazines.… Read the rest



Robert Wokler 1942-2006 *

Aug 5th, 2006 | Filed by

Contested with postmodernism the Enlightenment’s putative responsibility for the Holocaust.… Read the rest



Protesters Call for Cease-fire in Lebanon *

Aug 5th, 2006 | Filed by

March organized by the Stop The War Coalition.… Read the rest



Germaine Greer on Brick Lane Again *

Aug 5th, 2006 | Filed by

Silently tweaks what she said the first time…… Read the rest



Jeremy Stangroom on Little Atoms *

Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by

Friday afternoon at 4:30.… Read the rest



Anti-semitism on the Left *

Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by

Construction of a ‘community’ or ‘people’ is dependent on the construction of an enemy.… Read the rest



Dare to be Dumb *

Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by

In science, feeling confused is essential to progress; unwillingness to feel lost can stop creativity dead.… Read the rest



The Transformational Power of Sex and Death *

Aug 4th, 2006 | Filed by

Intelligent design is the bait on the barbed hook of creationist belief.… Read the rest