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Articles Written by: RICHARD ADAMS
Who is This?
Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920) is an English novelist who is best known as the writer of three novels featuring animal characters, in particular Watership Down and to a lesser extent Shardik and The Plague Dogs.
I remember seeing the Daughney sisters, on a summer day some time back in 1989, walking together along Pleasant Street, toward their home. They lived next door to a friend of mine, were actually cousins of his. So I am thinking I was probably on my way ...
From DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS,
Globe and Mail,
30 Oct 2009
I have read seven novels from young men and women in the past two years that have had what I consider modern, representative “religious” characters. In all but one of these books, the characters were agents of the most self-righteous kinds of oppression. ...
From DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS,
Globe and Mail,
14 Aug 2009
The future evolution of output and inflation will be determined by the balance of two sets of forces. On the one hand, there is a considerable stimulus still working through from the easing in monetary and fiscal policy and the past depreciation of ...
It does seem strange that only 12 months ago, the entire edifice of modern banking appeared to be tottering and ready to collapse under its own weight. Yet here we are again, with the headlines blaring about the return of bonus culture. To understand ...
From RICHARD ADAMS,
Comment Is Free,
3 Aug 2009
Ronnie Biggs is to challenge Jack Straw’s refusal to grant him parole.
Lawyers for Biggs, who is suffering from pneumonia after breaking his hip in a
fall, said that they would seek a judicial review of the Justice Secretary’s
decision as soon as ...
From ADAM FRESCO, RICHARD FORD,
Times Online,
1 Jul 2009
Jack Straw has refused to grant parole to Ronnie Biggs, one of the Great Train
Robbers, despite a care home being lined up for him to stay in after his
release.
After a huge row over financing, the local authority in Barnet, North London,
agreed to ...
From ADAM FRESCO AND RICHARD FORD,
Times Online,
1 Jul 2009
Ronnie Biggs, one of the Great Train Robbers, will today be told he is free to
leave prison into the care of a nursing home.
Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, will sign his parole papers, The Times has
been told, despite concerns that the robber may ...
From ADAM FRESCO AND RICHARD FORD,
Times Online,
1 Jul 2009
Everyone knew that Bernie Madoff was going down – since he had already pleaded guilty to running a fake investment scheme worth between $65bn and $171bn. So there was none of the drama that accompanied fraud trials like that of Jeffrey Skilling, who ...
From RICHARD ADAMS,
Comment Is Free,
29 Jun 2009
Douglas Adams moderates a discussion between Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker and Jared Diamond. The discussion focuses on attempts to apply darwinian principles and explanations to areas other than biology, such as cosmology, language ...
From RICHARD DAWKINS, DANIEL DENNETT, STEVEN PINKER, JARED DIAMOND AND DOUGLAS ADAMS - YOUTUBE,
RichardDawkins.net,
9 Jun 2009
Now the US government has published its "stress tests" of the balance sheets of America's largest financial institutions, the reaction – on Wall Street and in the nation's media – has been one long sigh of relief. That seems odd, given that the fine ...
From RICHARD ADAMS,
Comment Is Free,
8 May 2009
