As some readers will know, for much of the day yesterday the home page loaded very slowly, if at all (in web terms, which means far more slowly than anyone’s going to wait for). Many readers had heard about but could not access Stephen Barr’s Much Ado About Nothing , a response to Stephen Hawking’s much promoted claim about the self-creating universe, so we’ve kept it up as today’s first “On the Square” offering. The people who could read it have already started a vigorous discussion.
Later this morning we’ll be posting the day’s second article, a reflection on art in museums and churches by Matthew Milliner, whose last “On the Square” article was The Neglected Fireplace , on Protestantism and the Arts.
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