Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Guardian wins Weak Diary Story of the Day

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The Guardian Diary used to be one of the best things about the newspaper, breaking and pursuing substantial stories of its own. Those days...
Monday, January 09, 2012

David Dimbleby and the demise of Nationwide

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As I am not a great admirer of David Dimbleby - his career surely owes more to family connections and bladder control than talent - I was...
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The Black Beast of Harborough

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This is the lead story on the front page of the current Harborough Mail : A large black panther-like creature was spotted running across a...

The Hounds of Baskerville and Saucers Over the Moor

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Last night's Sherlock gave us a secret research station on Dartmoor. A novel idea? Not quite. Here are trainee journalist Dan Stur...
Sunday, January 08, 2012

Now Eleanor Burnham is on reality television too

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What is it with Welsh Liberal Democrats and reality television? The other day it was Lembit Opik (again). But Eleanor Burnham, AM for the...

U2 and Johnny Cash: The Wanderer

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I have long been resistant to the bombast of U2, but I love Johnny Cash and this, the final track from the band's 1993 LP Zooropa, sti...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

John Arlott: Cricket's Radical Voice

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Earlier this evening I listened to this superb documentary on BBC Radio 4. John Arlott is remembered as a cricket commentator - except tha...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

Tim Farron to benefit from cross-party deal on Cumbrian boundaries

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Last year, in the process of paying Tim Farron some backhanded compliments, I commented that he had: turned Westmorland and Lonsdale into...
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Michael Brown arrested in the Caribbean

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From the Guardian website this evening: The Liberal Democrats' biggest donor, who has been on the run for three years after being con...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

The Simpsons: The Monorail Song

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Roger Helmer and Rupert Matthews latest

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This affair seems to have come down to a Mexican stand off. Roger Helmer won't resign from the European Parliament until it is confirm...
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Stiperstones School to remain open

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Early last year this blog was much concerned with the fate of Stiperstones primary school in my very favourite part of Shropshire. Now t...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012

The IRA bombed Leicester station in 1939

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Take out your copy of Leicestershire's Stations: An Historical Perspective by Andrew Moore and turn to page 46. What's that? ...
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Stilton wars

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"A row over the ownership of the name of Stilton cheese could end in court," reports BBC News . As the website goes on to explai...

Headline of the Day

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Well done to the Independent for: Mystery over dead herring
Monday, January 02, 2012

We liberals have our myths too

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For years, right-wingers have kept their indignation levels bubbling away at an enjoyable level by inventing myths. Labour councils want to ...
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Is Euro realism breaking out in the Liberal Democrats?

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An article in tomorrow's Guardian will claim that talks are planned between Tory Eurosceptic MPs and centrist Liberal Democrats to see ...
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Six of the Best 214

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David Maclean, political correspondent of the Leicester Mercury, explains why the Freedom of Information Act is vital to his work. Max ...
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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Irrefutable Prediction of the Day

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Well done to Jackie Ashley , writing in tomorrow's Guardian: I don't expect the coalition to fall this year, though we should rule...

Aloe Blacc: I Need a Dollar

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I heard this on Jools Holland's Hootenanny last night and it sounded good. Though, to be honest, another reason for choosing it is tha...