31 December 2010

Vanity

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Which one is the gargoyle?
29 December 2010

Whoda thunk it?

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The Guardian reports : An experiment has found differences between the brains of progressives and conservatives. Head scans of students at...
24 December 2010

Recommended

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A radio 4 programme - Tim Harford's A More or Less Christmas Carol . You can catch it here . Terrific.

Canonisation?

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Furious? Livid? Incensed? No, Mr Cable was only " quite angry " at being suckered by the undercover Telegraph reporters. The m...
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23 December 2010

Christmas hell

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Somewhat foolishly, I determined that this morning I should brave the horrors of the local Waitrose. Happily, I did not seek more than a fe...

Headline of the day

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From The Guardian ( here ): WTF? OMG, LOL! CIA gives Wikileaks taskforce naughty name
21 December 2010

Nature's sense of irony

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It's a punishment of course. Hubris, arrogance, whatever. But the day after the big announcement of a high speed railway line, we get...
20 December 2010

To note

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Over the weekend, the Heineken Cup managed to stage all the fixtures bar two. As for the English Premier League, only two games were played...
13 December 2010

Smoke and mirrors

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As some of you may be aware, I rely on my groceries being delivered, usually by Tesco or Sainsbury's. The Evening News reports : A Tes...
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Oh Liz, how could you?

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And so the flower of English maidenhood (ahem!) is despoiled by an Aussie larrikin ...

Shades of 1968

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I went to university in 1968 when there was revolution in the air. I have to confess that I was a well-behaved little lad, studying far too...
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05 December 2010

Quote of the day

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I do not usually admire the writing of Mr McKenna in The Observer but this time I think that he's got it about right : My Scotland is st...
02 December 2010

Breaking all the rules

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None of the media, particularly including the BBC, seems to have made much of this story - which, to me, seems utterly disgraceful: British...
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01 December 2010

Music of the week

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A message for our MSPs:

Shaming

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Is there not something unseemly about the way in which our Prime Minister and the next but one heir to the throne are courting (kowtowing to...
30 November 2010

Hey, it's not warm ...

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At least the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo are happy. Well some of them anyway. See them here .
27 November 2010

It's not getting better

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Yeah, yeah, pull the other one. The Independent reports : As rumours spread across financial markets that talks over a bail-out for Portu...
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24 November 2010

Bald men and a comb

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Mr Swinney has been a naughty boy. Allegedly, he failed to tell the parliament that the Scottish administration had refused to pay HMRC t...
23 November 2010

Penny wise, pound foolish

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Well that'll teach me a lesson. Buying shares is a mug's game, especially when they are RBS shares. The share price, heavily influ...
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20 November 2010

Here's to you Mr Robinson (again)

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I'm an educated sort of chap and I don't really understand why I take such pleasure from the fact that fifteen young ruffians (plus ...