29 February 2012

Ljubljana blues

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As we are playing against them this evening (no, as far as I can see, it's not on telly), I thought that football fans might want to ...

29 February

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Hey, you work an extra day, you get paid for it, yeah? Not if it's a leap year ...  

Ach, it's only money

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Look, it may sound crazy (though not as crazy as Rebekah's horse ), but it's not that complicated.  The Guardian explains : The Eu...
28 February 2012

Zero credibility

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The Independent provides us with an improbable tale : Warnings that police were investigating fraud allegations involving Emma Harriso...
27 February 2012

Graph of the day

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From The New Statesman ( here ): And it will get worse before it gets better ...

Grace under pressure

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Beer, the curse of the political classes:

Naivety

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The Telegraph is wondering if the game is worth the candle: In my view, the greatest threat to the euro is that Greece will make a su...
26 February 2012

Quote of the day

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Katharine Whitehorn (a lady whom I revere for her Cooking in a Bedsitter ) in The Observer ( here ): I love it when academics turn their ...
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Bad Dobbin

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Mmm, horses.  Dangerous things.  Nevertheless, The Observer seems to approve of them: Now the psychological benefits of working with ho...
25 February 2012

Pots and kettles

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I seldom dip into the world of international diplomacy but I was intrigued by this analysis in The Telegraph : Speaking after a Friends...

Gender and sex

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A French lady (am I allowed to say that?) writing in The Guardian : The freedom of women in France is very much a matter of words, and I ...
23 February 2012

We're all in this together

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Comment is superfluous.  The Independent reports : Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland remained at the heart of the row over bankers...

The wicked witch

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Just cos she paid herself over £8 million last year and cos she owns a £5 million neo-Gothic mansion in the country and a £3 million mew...

The nasty party

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Truth will out.  They pretend to be nice, but then the wind blows up their skirt and you see the cloven hoof.  And there is that disgusting...

Graph of the day

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Don't expect petrol prices to come down soon.  And worry about whether inflation will continue to fall.  And watch the Chancellor...

Music of the week

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This guy's not bad as a singer, but he should probably stick to the day job:

Good news for feminists?

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The Y chromosome, which carries the traits of maleness, may be on the way out.  The Guardian reports : "In the end, males are uncerta...
22 February 2012

Quote of the day

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From the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, a Mr Charlie Bean ( here ): "Someone with a £100,000 pension pot, who could have ...
21 February 2012

Where's the celebration?

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Don't they believe in this, ahem, wonderful euro agreement?  The UK, French and German stock markets are all down this morning, while th...
20 February 2012

Rubbing their noses in it

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Yes, it's the big day for Greece when the Eurozone finance ministers will (probably) agree to the bailout.  But don't get too excite...