The events of December 21st 2012 are sure to signal an end to the phenomenon known as ‘prophecy’. ‘Cos nothing happened. Zip. Kaput. Zero. Nul points. Followers of ‘prophecy’ gathered in their hordes around ancient temples, in city centres, on beaches and in public...
Some say Christmas died when we forgot its pagan past. Others that it happened when beer supplanted cheer, and present no longer came sandwiched between past and future, but arrived instead in a package labelled Xbox. Although I believe it was when they first caught...