Philip Pullman's Isis Lecture

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...Or at least an abridged version of it, can be found here. This would be the speech he gave at the opening of the Oxford Literary Festival last week. You have to registed with the Times Online website to read it, but it is a good speech (albeit with some of the more controversial sections carefully elided). And if it helps any, they've been very good about not spamming me.