It's not often that you will find the driving forces behind Gruts and Duran Duran in total agreement.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Carrying a torch
Jen's uncle provisionally chosen to be Olympic torch-bearer.
[My emphasis added]
BP pledged £10M to London.
State-sponsored religious indoctrination of children
Stense has emailed me a link to a funny video on YouTube.
Kim Jong? ill?
Mystic Meg's advice to the late North Korean dictator.
More of a Guardian reader myself
BBC: Sun 'stops chickenpox spreading'.
Granta 115: The F Word
by John Freeman (ed.). Granta 115 is a feminist issue. Granta 115 really didn't work for me. A couple of very good non-fiction pieces, but, to be honest, my eyes kept glazing over and I skipped entire chunks of it. BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour tends to have the same effect. Granta seems to be… Continue reading Granta 115: The F Word
Seasonal tip
If you don't like Brussels sprouts, you're almost certainly cooking them too long.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Why its important to get you're punctuation, right!
Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald
Unclassifiable masterpiece.