In praise of… Sheffield
We’ve had a week off – marvellous to get out of the big smoke and get away from the hubbub and demands. But unlike lots
We’ve had a week off – marvellous to get out of the big smoke and get away from the hubbub and demands. But unlike lots
I go past this place several times a week. And there’s the same rather motley, and to my unenlightened eyes, peculiar crew who hang out
This simple advert (from Transport for London) is simple genius. Taken from dothetest.co.uk I’m sure there are all kinds of implications from this – from
I’ve been wanting to blog about this song since it hit the streets last autumn, but yesterday’s posting seems to lead into it reasonably well.
Many English phrasescarry a world on their shoulders. There is perhaps nothing more annoying than the words “PLEASE HOLD – YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO
The New York Times published some terrifying graphics portraying the impact humanity has had on the world’s oceans. (HT – John Naughton’s Memex). This is
This book has courted controversy in all quarters. It’s not hard to see why – read some of the different reviews linked here (which range
This was first aired last October – absolute genius – and helped me to understand what has gone on with the subprime mortgage lending and
Thanks to Ed Moll for this tip off: a BBC journalist has been spending time on a Greenpeace ship in Antarctica, in their mission to
It is STILL going on – I can’t bear it. And now around 800 are dead, including a specifically targeted opposition MP. Africa and Africans
In my opinion, LOST Season 3 is much better than Season 2 (the latter just got silly – well more silly than the other stuff).
Blaine Harden is an American foreign correspondent who has worked for the Washington Post and the New York Times. For a number of years he