Doctor Who
Tony Banks RIP
The former MP Tony Banks has passed away. I met him once.
Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
pensions
The British Way of Dying
So, we’re all to work until we’re 68 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4484226.stm], are we? Well that all seems very sensible, what with rising life expectancy and all. And then, I think about the fact my Dad died at 65 and it sends
lewisham
Now you see it, now you don't
I hope no Lewisham residents are hoping to use a leisure centre between 2007 and 2010 [http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/lewgreennews/display.var.504962.0.leisure_centre_out_school_in.php] . The Lewisham leisure centre has just reopened after a 20 month, £1.8m refurbishment. And it’ll
animals
Animal Rights: Deadly games of childish politics
The problem is, of course, that many of these activists live in little self-reinforcing circles of fanatical belief. Make no mistake, that’s what they are: fanatics who believe their own conviction puts them above the law. Certainly they show a fanatic’s contempt for the law. With no-one within
hutton inquiry
Hutton Inquiry: Blair in the spotlight
Tony Blair has been before the Lord Hutton: BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair ‘would have quit if dossier story true’ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3186981.stm] I’ll be interested to see the full transcript on the Inquiry website [http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/] tomorrow.
hutton inquiry
Kelly Inquiry: Day 1
No stunning revelations just yet. We do hear that intelligence chiefs had concerns that the 45 minutes information was suspect and that Kelly’s job included briefing the media. We also learn that, despite earlier government claims, Kelly was a very highly placed expert. Read on at Channel 4 news
drinks
Is the cult of the individual eating society alive?
Still, Iain has highlighted something my wife and I have whiled away many hour discussing. When did the British get so anti-social. Once the stereotype of Brits abroad was of painfully polite, post-Imperial types. Now we have the sex’n’lager image that has replaced the football hooligans of a
BBC
I have been remiss
As Eric has pointed out, I haven’t been very good at replying to comments of late, so I thought I’d better get to it, post haste. He said: > But what is an editorialist (the focus of the piece) that sets him or her above any random non-expert
hutton inquiry
Another interesting Kelly detail
Yet more, this time from the Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/01/nkell01.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/08/01/ixportaltop.html] … > Three days after the death of Dr David Kelly something curious was going on in the offices of
BBC
A new Kelly mystery
From the BBC News report on the Kelly Inquiry [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3115243.stm]: > Lord Hutton said his task was to investigate the circumstances surrounding the scientist’s death, quickly and fairly. *He also revealed that Dr Kelly’s body had been found
Journalism
Fighting the good fight
I’ve been engaging in debate [http://popone.innocence.com/archives/001015.html] (well, correction) with Bryant about the BBC/Kelly affair, leading to this follow-up post [http://popone.innocence.com/archives/001029.html].
england
400 years of pain
What happened 400 years ago today? Unless you were listening to Today [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/] on Radio 4 this morning [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/runningorder/ram/today4_0820_20030725.ram], just as I was, you probably have absolutely no idea whatsoever. In fact,