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I was reading about Paul Bloom’s new book – Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion – in The Guardian recently. It prompted me to write this letter to The Guardian.  Didn’t make it past the letters' ed and so remains one of the unpublished ones (until now).
 
Sir
 
How refreshing to have the argument against empathy articulated (Think empathy makes the world a better place? Think again… Paul Bloom).  I hope the BBC was reading too. When five minutes of a half-hour news bulletin was given over to a mini film about the illegal trade in baby chimpanzees (complete with exciting chase to catch the perps) I had to pinch myself. Was I watching the BBC news? No matter. Closing out with the baby chimp in its nappy being cradled by….could it be one of the BBC crew? Quick. Get online. Click. Donate. Sigh.
 
Yours etc
Alison Hackett

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This is a labour of love, insanity, beauty and, perhaps, an attempt to reintegrate history, art and science together again.
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​Not only is she forced to share a small city with da Vinci, he has even turned up in the same postal district.  Frank McNally The Irish Times

Crabbing
Her range of language is both staccato and soft, in succinct verse, which encourages you to read this aloud, truly the best way to engage in the emotional depth of a poem. 
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      • Cruise ships in Dun Laoghaire harbour a Titanic mistake
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      • The Institute of Psychics?
      • The Physics PR Minefield
      • When Design Matters
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    • Yours etc
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