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James Marston ponders how the Bible would appear if written in the 21st century

As a young hack we were warned not only about over sensationalising stories – “mystery surrounds” was never an acceptable phrase as it suggested we hadn’t been doing our jobs properly – but also to guard against tautology and oxymoron. Though, of course, we use these all the time, on a daily basis in fact, I myself, personally, am sure. So instead of my hebdomadal rant and rave and your subsequent scream and shout in approbation or outrage, I thought this week we might put into the open a few of the infuriating pleonasms, tautologies and oxymorons I have noticed creeping in to our c...

The best Australian cooking classes, gin tutorials and cheese-making courses worth travelling for Dani Valent Photo: David Rogers Online cooking experiences are great – no one can see you lick the spoon – but there's nothing like a real-life class. Chef, writer, TV personality and teacher Matthew Evans has a theory. People take away one key learning from any cooking class they do. But one new thing can be enough to revolutionise how you cook, he says. Which is why cooking classes are one of the most effective ways to up your skills in the kitchen.  Online cooking classes have boomed ov...

Henry H. Gutterson, Supervising Architect of St. Francis Wood "Truthful to the many styles and variation of styles as reflects the people of California." by Richard Brandi, Copyright 2007 Henry H. Gutterson, Supervising Architect of St. Francis Wood - The career of San Francisco architect Henry Gutterson spans the first half of the 20th Century. Beginning in 1905, when he graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of California Berkeley to his death in 1954, Gutterson's 50-year career most closely relates to the Beaux-Arts, Bay Area Arts and Crafts, and Academic Eclectici...