April 2010
1 post
August 2009
1 post
John Scalzi's Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star... →
April 2009
1 post
Brussels' best cafe bars →
March 2009
2 posts
Six Word Stories →
Something for RBWM's empty homes team →
February 2009
3 posts
How I proposed to my wife using the NY Times... →
Cursebird: What the f#@! is everyone swearing... →
Expand Commonwealth, says Hague →
Tory party’s hatred of Europe drives them back to the 1950s
January 2009
20 posts
Obama cares about Europe. Britain he can take or... →
BBC NEWS | Politics | Police 'entered Tory MP's... →
Us people polskiego pochodzenia need to stick together, but Daniel Kawczynski (Con, Shrewsbury & Atcham) is a grandstanding buffoon. He also talked self-important nonsense about local government reorganisation in Shropshire, which was apparently the greatest threat to mankind other than bird flu.
Plans to widen motorways 'axed' →
Excellent news. At last transport policy is moving in the right direction, just in time for the automaniacs to win the next election.
Instant weekend ... Vilnius →
“The UK trade deficit rose in November as exports of goods fell sharply, in a...”
– So much for the claim that being outside the € was just fab, because our slumping currency would mean lots of export. (FT)
Multiverses →
Estimated sign →
The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating →
My Genome, My Self - Steven Pinker Gets to the... →
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks →
Hague thinks european currency is called "Mandy's... →
And the paranoid parochial lunacy of the European debate ratchets up a further notch. Note to UK: sometimes, it’s not all about you.
xkcd - Converting to Metric →
All aboard the steam-driven Real Ale Train →
Colwich rail crash →
Head of Tunnels, Shafts and Portals →
Great job title.
Epicurious Predicts Top 10 Food Trends for 2009 →
Enjoying the show, avoiding the flamethrower: life... →
Amazingly... →
… a country that has been fed a steady diet of lies and xenophobia by 80% of its press for years is opposed to Euro entry. Who needs sensible economic policies when you can have nationalism and paranoia?
December 2008
25 posts
Another nail in Samaritaine's coffin →
Social Media Personality Types →
Rom-coms 'spoil your love life' →
To which you could add, love poetry.
Top programmes and viewing figures for each TV... →
Government saves the Pint and the Mile →
Pathetic Daily Mail pandering release by the Government News Service celebrates retention of pointless archaisms
Trauma of Irish No vote has reshaped Ireland's... →
Kokutai →
The power of magical thinking →
Warning: speaking Quango drives you to tears →
Switzerland opens its borders →
Oh yes, even the Euro-paranoid Swiss are in Schengen now. And Britain? Better pack your passport if you’re going to Brussels. Sigh.
MCA - NWSF (SFW) →
Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah! →
Benny Hillifier →
Hot tracks from the Daily Mail's new record label →
Ten top cheap places to eat in Liverpool →
Ten great British boozers →
Still asking the Unanswerable Question, 'Are we... →
The Tribune Company -ends- →
Article’s OK, but loved the headline
Krugman on Depression Economics →
The Atlas of True Names →
Oh noes! Teh evilz of teh euro! →