Friday, January 09, 2015

David Cameron looks more like a chicken every day

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Will David Cameron's decision to avoid having party leaders' debates during the next election campaign make him look a coward and...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Saris and gas masks

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View image | gettyimages.com A group of Indian women who have volunteered to man the auxiliary ambulance station in Augustus Stree...

Six of the Best 486

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Slogger O'Toole offers a host of reasons why the rise of referendums in British politics should be resisted. "The former minin...
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Nick Clegg's powerful response on the Paris shootings

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I agree with Nick.

How we have made the past a smoke-free zone

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An interesting observation from Peter Bradshaw : There is a strange new smoking-related trend in movies and television. I noticed it wh...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Vince Cable at his best or... What we shall be missing in the general election campaign

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Back in June of last year I wrote that Nick Clegg would be making a mistake if he appointed Danny Alexander as our economic spokesman for...

Stephen Lloyd attacks Home Office "callousness"

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BBC News reports that the grandparents and aunt of a five-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car in Eastbourne have been refused p...

Duncan Hames wins two-year battle with the Metropolitan Police

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From the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald : The identities of dead teenagers as old as 17 were stolen by undercover police officers accord...
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Madeleine Moxham and Charles Masterman

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Honest London has a brief interview with Madeleine Moxham , founder of the jewellery and accessories brand MOXHAM and resident of Camberwe...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Flooding near Market Harborough railway station, 2012

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This is the way I walk to the station every morning. If it is not your car under water, this is an oddly beautiful video. I took my own ...

Jonathan Meades and Matthew Fort on food

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Hurry over to the Talking of Food... blog to hear them.

Ed Davey discusses his leadership ambitions with LBC

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listen to ‘Ed Davey tells LBC that he has thought about becoming Lib Dem leader if Nick Clegg "hangs up his cloggs" after the nex...

Firefighters rescue naked woman trapped in chimney of ex-boyfriend's home in the US

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The Independent wins Headline of the Day,

Shortlists announced for the Political Book Awards 2015

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The winners of the Political Book Awards 2015 will be announced in a ceremony at the BFI IMAX cinema on on London's South Bank on 28 ...
Monday, January 05, 2015

A British Railways poster of Lincoln

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View image | gettyimages.com Brayford Pool is now the centre of the city's university.

The HERD Reich: Farmer forced to get rid of Hitler's Nazi cows because ultra-aggressive breed tried to kill staff

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The Daily Mail wins Headline of the Day.
Sunday, January 04, 2015

Six of the Best 485

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No one should vote Liberal Democrat to get a coalition, argues Andrew Page . Sam Freedman is puzzled: "given the improvements in b...

Argent: God Gave Rock and Roll to You

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I chose the other great Argent anthem, Hold Your Head Up , years ago, so here is the other one. God Gave Rock and Roll to You was a minor ...
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Saturday, January 03, 2015

Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness

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Journalist Carl Honoré believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there's...
Friday, January 02, 2015

Crosskeys Bridge, Sutton Bridge

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In the summer of 2009 I visited Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire photographing, amongst other things, the Crosskeys Bridge across the Nene. ...