Dear me......I truly worry about the nation when I see such utter tripe posing as journalism.

It wouldn't be so bad if it was good tripe......satire even. But no, it's pure lies and one wonders just how many of Richard Dawkins books this Telegraph journalist has actually read, or TV appearances he's seen.

I have never once seen Richard Dawkins be 'noisy' in any debate. In fact he comes across as rather quiet and soft spoken....and I'm the sort of person who'd be shouting 'can you please speak up' from the back of the audience. Neither is he noisy in any metaphorical sense. None of his well writen books rant at the reader....they are written in that same soft spoken tone.

Alas, I suppose one has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous journalism with its clear agenda of character assassination because it cannot think of any rational and intelligent response to the content of what Richard says.