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Blog Entries by Andrew Gonsalves from 07/2012

Common Sense 1 - Religion 0

| Posted 07.16.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Men, Islam, Religion, Circumcision, Boys, Germany, Judaism, Health, Human Rights, Faith, Race Relations, UK Lifestyle News

There were a fair few column inches devoted to a ruling in a German court that circumcision for non-medical reasons is an assault, and interferes with a child's right to determine his own religion. A number of commentators have said that the ruling amounts to some form of religious persecution against the Jewish and Muslim populations in the country, but in my opinion the courts are absolutely bloody right.

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Auto Art

| Posted 07.27.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Andy Warhol, Art, Shoreditch, Bmw, Cars, London 2012, Mahlangu, Manrique, Bmw Art Cars, 2012 London Olympic Games, Huffington Post News

BMW's Art Cars programme has been running for almost 40 years now. Every now and then the Bavarian manufacturer hands a pristine, straight-off-the-production-line, car to an artist of note and tells them to use it as their canvas.

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Beauty is in the Eye of the Illustrator

| Posted 07.30.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Illustration, Couture, Gowns, Drapers, Joseph Larkowsky, Fashion Illustrations, Vogue, Fashion, London, London College of Fashion, Arts, Huffington Post News

The ethos of Joseph's work harks back to a period before celebrity as we know it. Before the cover star of Vogue was a talking point in itself, the magazine covers were illustrated - no faces, famous or otherwise, graced the front page.

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