The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce

2009-06-02T23:46:29Z

As a general rule I don't give daytime television's Richard and Judy the luxury - no, any such opportunity luxurious or otherwise - to inform or affect any of my lifestyle choices. Except the one about not watching daytime television, upon which t...

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Monday Music

2009-03-31T00:17:40Z

It's possibly Monday where you are, and I'm pretending it's still Monday where I am, although technically it's actually Tuesday. One thing I'm not going to pretend is that this post is a music post, because I don't need to claim otherwise. And,...

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Attention Surplus Disorder

2009-03-26T20:07:01Z

Trade figures published by the Government today revealed that trade in attention moved into surplus for the first time, despite speculation that the so-called Credit Crunch might result in a flood of cheap imported attention. Analysts have explai...

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Monday Music

2009-03-23T13:00:22Z

After a brief hiatus, I return with a music post on a Monday. As you might have noticed, I have made an attempt to provide more of a variety of posts recently, both serious and not-so... serious. I hope you can tell the difference between the two....

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Travel News: 'significant delays' expected

2009-03-19T22:57:46Z

The Department of Transport today warned road users to expect significant delays across the UK as the Google Street View service launched and gained excessive publicity in the country. The DoT reacted with concern to reports that motorists in nu...

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Minimum pedestrian speed law planned

2009-03-18T22:29:42Z

In line with current thinking on exercise and public health, the UK Government is considering radical new plans to enforce a minimum pedestrian speed limit, according to leaked reports obtained by someone we know but funnily enough can't remember ...

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The Express - new depths

2009-03-18T13:34:22Z

I was going to write down my thoughts about the shameless acts of "journalism" perpetrated recently by The (Scottish) Express Newspaper, "hack" Paula Murray and Editorial Director Paul Ashford about the survivors of the Dunblane school massacre. ...

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Disrepute Charge for Snapped Boxer

2009-03-18T01:43:56Z

An unnamed reigning British and European boxing champion is reportedly to be charged with "bringing the sport into disrepute" by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC). Photographs of the boxer, believed to be aged 27, which were posted on Fa...

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FIAsco

2009-03-17T22:17:26Z

The body responsible for the running of Formula One, the FIA, has dismissed claims from several unnamed sources that it is "quite literally making the rules up as it goes along." Reports have circled widely in recent days as to whether Grands Pri...

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UK Gravity Drop Not Dropped

2009-03-17T22:15:11Z

Scientists and space boffins in the UK will not be dropping their ambitious plans to map gravity despite the successful launch of the European Space Agency's own Goce satellite system this week, according to an insider. It is believed that signif...

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