Archive for April, 2006

election fever: italy and peru

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Elections in Peru and Italy- so what's happening? Most of the focus is what's going on with Berlusconi -who's apparently not admitting defeat yet. the latest news indicates that Romano Prodi, the centre-left opposition leader has won by a slim majority, but nothing will be confirmed till the expat votes ...

blog roundup- extracts from the plame game

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Or rather, a look at some of the amusing items posted on last Friday’s Guardian News Blog ( now closed for comments) on the ‘Plame Game’– some of these really tickle me, some for their snide sarcasm, the irony, some for their outright stupidity etc. etc. Some of these threads ...

GMTV and the People’s Millions

Friday, April 7th, 2006

GMTV and The People's Millions - Vote now to have your say in how Lottery funding gets spent. Groundwork- one of the 3 projects competing - aims to aid 25 neighbourhoods if they win the £1.5 million, as featured on gm.tv: Groundwork's bid aims to help change the fortunes of 25 neighbourhoods ...

creating the open food coop

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

the open food coop project is currently being developed. you can follow the development process here on the Open Food Coop DevBlog.

OED online ..coming to a public library near you

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Excellent news. "the OED Online (along with a range of other Oxford Online resources) will soon be available in almost all public libraries in England as a result of a landmark agreement between Oxford University Press and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council" Brilliant - now i don't have to fork out ...

royal mail

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

dear royal mail - a rant: why are your lines so busy all the time? oh i get it...not much mail is ever delivered so i guess everyone's ringing ALL AT ONCE eh? right. well im not traipsing all the way to Mandela Way again thanks very much..so pick up the phone please now ...

Newsnight - Inside Latin America

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

last night's Newsnight was hilarious, just superb: a look at what's happening in Latin America, with the upcoming elections in Peru, and discussions related to whether there is such a thing as a 'continental drift to the left'. ( and if so, what could the US administration's reaction possibly be..) Gavin ...

journal of books

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Has been added to the Book section. Check this space: over the next few weeks i will be adding more content. Also, i will be moving some content across from the Saki and Satire blog to this section - why? well just because the end of the Blogger experiment has ...