December 9, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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After giving up on his old, insanely good Russia-focussed blog a year ago and launching Taking Aim, Andy Young’s decided to revive the old girl once again. Considering how much Slavonic shenanigans have been in the news of late with … Continue reading
December 8, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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No shortlisting for me this year, it seems. Nonetheless, a quick overview: Other than the obvious that you should vote for A Fistful of Euros in the Best European Blog category (please help them beat that rabid, paranoid psycho at … Continue reading
December 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I seem to be having a problem with the Wordpress WYSIWYG entry system thingie – to wit, when entering link codes, it frequently seems to alter the code after I click “publish” or “save”, usually buggering them up. So, should … Continue reading
November 28, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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That McKeating has a book out, a lovely roundup of the best of British blogging from the last year or so, give or take. It’s really rather good – even though I’m in it. In fact, it’s largely to spite … Continue reading
November 22, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(Originally published on The Sharpener) Simon Heffer is not a columnist for whom I usually have much time – although his biography of Enoch Powell was relatively interesting, that was more down to the subject than the author. If anything, … Continue reading
November 22, 2006
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A new little something from me over at The Sharpener.
November 10, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Blogging has continued to be intermittent here for a couple of months – but all that is (probably) set to change. As from 17th November, I will be full-time freelance after three solid years working day-in, day-out producing lovely glossy … Continue reading
September 28, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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First, Mick Fealty is up for an award for his superb Northern Irish politics blog Slugger O’Toole – which if you don’t read already you really should. Here are a few reasons why he deserves to be voted one of … Continue reading
September 26, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It’s been a while, but something new from me over at The Sharpener: the snappily-titled A new Euromyth – born from the EU doing its job exactly as it should. (I’ll never make a Sun Sub-editor…)
September 19, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(At least until they shut off the net in an hour or two…) Stirling work from Bangkok Pundit, 2Bangkok, Thai-Blogs, and ignore the pink hearts and multiple exclamation marks, Gnarly Kitty is also putting in a good, stream-of-consciousness show. Once … Continue reading
September 17, 2006
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It’s Britblog Roundup time again!Apologies in advance, by the by – posting is likely to be even more sparse over the coming week as ever more work piles up. I’m still after suggestions of decent film blogs though – read … Continue reading
September 16, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Still insanely busy, so have more blogs – here to remind me to blogroll them as much as anything: the Times’ Daniel Finkelstein is still getting up to speed, but shows promise, while the Guardian’s Steven Poole (who once wrote … Continue reading
September 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Speaking of new blogging talent, you really ought to check out brand spanking new Britblogger Not Saussure, who I’m going to plug now even though he asked me to hold off until he’s got the hang of the thing. He’s … Continue reading
September 13, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Via Larry, someone who most certainly should have been on my recent new blog roundup: Scottish blogger Flying Rodent. Top stuff. Random quote: “A real human truth was revealed to me by September 11th – lawyers hate being put on … Continue reading