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
August 30, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Thus spake France’s Minister for European Affairs, Catherine Colonna, giving her opinion of the state of the EU to the assembled ranks of the French Ambassadorial elite. Packed with (if we’re honest, fairly astute) criticisms of the current way the … Continue reading
August 28, 2006
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Our man Worstall reminds me that our man Barlow is still slogging away on his John O-Groats to Land’s End walk in aid of the Brain Research Trust (follow his progress here) – which reminded me that I had a … Continue reading
August 28, 2006
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And to celebrate, a redesign! Here’s where I started properly – and since then it’s been near-daily updates all the way. I liked the old design, but although it worked fine in Firefox and Safari, I’d been getting a few … Continue reading
August 26, 2006
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Up now at The Sharpener – some good’uns in there, even if it did take me rather longer than I’d hoped to get the thing up…
August 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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“Why not just go all the way and announce a short period of Sharia law if keeping us safe above all things is the overriding consideration?”Indeed.
August 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Erm: “Mr Rafiq, of the Sufi Muslim Council, which is among several new Muslim groups to emerge in the past year, said: ‘The first thing that we need to do as a community is admit there is a problem.”‘It is … Continue reading
August 8, 2006
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Following Tim, Justin and (most comprehensively) Unity, I’ve had a bash at those Janet Street-Porter and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown articles on blogging from the other week, in the Press Gazette (out Thursday, apparently with a lovely piccy of yours truly…)Thursday update: … Continue reading
July 27, 2006
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We must ban Britain’s most popular daily newspaper, and we must ban it now: Sun kills 60,000 a year, says WHO: “Laura-Jane Armstrong, cancer information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: “This report provides clear evidence of the dangers of … Continue reading
July 25, 2006
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I’ve been tagged to list my five favourite “social media” sites. These are, apparently, “the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other. Social media can take many different forms, including … Continue reading
July 25, 2006
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(Although I think that should technically read “New Statesman New Media Awards report”, but that contains rather too many “New”s, especially as neither the magazine nor the awards really are.) Anyway, as Guido’s still hungover, Paul got lost, Katie vanished, … Continue reading
July 22, 2006
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July 20, 2006
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Via Tim and Justin, a welcome new addition to UK online political comment, with the Independent’s Simon Carr launching a blog-style parliamentary sketch site. Very promising thus far, though sadly no comment facility as of yet…
July 16, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I’ve finally got around to a mini-update of the blogroll after months of stagnation (which has left a whole raft of good bloggers like Gavin Ayling, the NHS Blog Doctor, Iain Dale and Davide Simonetti, some of whom I’ve been … Continue reading