March 5, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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British politics has lost one of its most selfless and positive contributors. More: My Society, No2ID, Chicken Yoghurt, Devil’s Kitchen, Tim Ireland, Blood & Treasure, and many more – from right across the political spectrum.
March 3, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Ain’t that pretty? (Testing out my funky new camera – albeit with a dodgy tripod…)
February 27, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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A smattering of promising new EU blogs have crossed the radar in the last couple of days, all of which are worth a gander. In no particular order: The Telegraph have now got around to replacing David Rennie, whose Brussels … Continue reading
February 26, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Some lass from the University of Hamburg has asked nicely, so here’s a link to her survey about continent-wide participation in “Euroblogs”, which apparently should only take about 15 minutes or so to fill out (I’m going to give it … Continue reading
February 24, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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It’s all kicking off. Again… Ever more people are starting to come to the opinion that 2007 is going to be one of the EU’s most important years. I’m not one of them… One of the driving forces increasingly seems … Continue reading
February 22, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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The Times’ Anatole Kaletsky’s normally worth reading, so check out his latest on Germany and the future of the EU – I’m too busy to have had a chance yet, myself. You could probably also do worse than check out … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Something from me over at The Sharpener…
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Looks like Soj of Flogging the Simian (and formerly/occasionally of European Tribune) is going to be back in Romania and back blogging pretty soon. This is known as a Good Thing.
February 16, 2007
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Busy again today, so have a gander at Siberian Light’s first in a planned series of interviews with Russia-focussed bloggers – this time with the entertainingly exasperation and rage-fuelled La Russophobe. Edit: Self-congratulation has now gone on request – apparently … Continue reading
February 12, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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And a slightly new look for the blog to boot – largely because a) the back-end code with the old template was a bit dodgy in places and b) I needed to work out how Wordpress works a bit more … Continue reading
February 7, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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I was a bit annoyed last year when I ended up getting lumbered with one of the first of the new “e-passport” things. Not any more – I should have had more faith in our government’s ability to cock everything … Continue reading
January 20, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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With this week’s ongoing introspective spat in the UK political blogosphere Fifth Estate (of which I have got so bored I’m afraid I’m no longer paying any attention whatsoever – sorry, chaps), it’s been easy to forget the quality that’s … Continue reading
January 18, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Then hie thee to the Plantaganet gothic splendour of Southwark Cathedral (by London Bridge), for 8pm. Last night I caught a really rather excellent performance of the Ludus Danielis, a sung play (being pitched as a sort of proto-opera) dating … Continue reading
January 17, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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But this is actually very funny. One of Guido’s best posts in a while, in fact. (See here and my initial response here for those who are lucky enough not to get what’s going on. It’s a blog war, folks … Continue reading