Current Last Exit to Babylon - Volume 4: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny Last books finished Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past, by Paul Cartledge Twilight of the Gods, by Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller Apostata, Bundel I, by Ken Broeders Tolstoy, by Henri Troyat Apostata, Bundel II, by Ken Broeders Apostata, Bundel III, by Ken Broeders The Star Rover, by Jack London Next books V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore To Lie with Lions, by Dorothy Dunnett The Colour Of Magic, by Terry Pratchett Books acquired in last week Apostata, Bundel III, by ...
Introducing Doctor Who - Ghost Light... The Doctor takes Ace to her worst nightmare: a Victorian ghost story for Christmas. Lush BBC costume drama is only the start of one of the most bizarre, macabre and intelligently designed pieces of television you'll ever see. At a stage in Doctor Who's life-cycle when the series looked to be facing extinction, it evolves by taking risks and challenging the audience rather than ever playing it safe - though it's got the vicar from Downton Abbey, here he's at a much more satisfying posh dinner party, where everyone's shockingly talking science and religion. ...
A performance of the complete work by the choristers of Christ Church Oxford recorded in 1982. Merry Christmas to all our readers.
As always over the Christmas period I have no mental capacity for writing at all, as the stress to my system of being around unfamiliar people, in unfamiliar places, eating unfamiliar food, and having no privacy has caused all my ... Continue reading →
Jack "HackneyLad" Shenker has been providing some of the most incisive and independent journalism coming out of Egypt since he first set off for Cairo as a young freelancer in the twilight yeas of the Hosni Mubarak presidency. Because he was there to watch the decline and fall of Mubarak and his state security infrastructure, [...]
(The Moomins, who normally hibernate, have been woken by a well-meaning neighbour and are trying to get to grips with Christmas. They have worked out that everyone is very anxious about it and that a fir tree is involved.) 'Now keep quiet a moment, please, and let me think,' Moominpappa said. 'If the fir tree is to be dressed as beautifully as possible, then it can't be for the purpose of hiding in it. The idea must be to placate the danger in some way. I'm beginning to understand.' They carried the fir out into the garden and planted it ...
Muhammad, Steve and I have had lots of casework to keep us busy this autumn. Here is an update on some of what your ward councillors have been up to and some items we think you might find of interest: Redevelopment of Lidl Store in Beddington Gardens Lidl have alerted residents informally of their plans to [...]
If we just bought ourselves stuff that would probably be more efficient but efficiency isn't the point It is the time of year for writers at publications that major on economics, finance and policy to trot out the economic case against gift giving. These articles largely recycle the intellectual labour of the economist Joel Waldfogel. He has [...]
Christmas Last Christmas... was the Doctor Who Christmas Special from two years ago, but last Christmas we got "The Husbands of River Snog", and this year - to save you from tears - I'm going to review the Special from last Christmas. Which isn't "Last Christmas". Are you with me so far? Time can be rewritten. And so can Doctor Who Christmas Specials. The human colony of Mendorax Dellora, as charming and Christmassy a redressing of the sets from "Face the Raven" as you could ask for, feels a lot like a return to earlier Moffat Christmases, whether Sardiktown in ...
It has been a good year for journalists. I have never known better. There has been an endless march of, upsets, twists, turns, worries, cheers, jeers, doom, gloom and unadulterated surprised joy. Half the world is sunk into a slough of despond deeper than the Marianas Trench and the other half is waving their anti-globalist flags from the top of Everest. The Western world is the most divided it has been since World War Two. Divided within countries and divided between countries. The authoritarian East is a different story. They are watching the democratic West self-destruct and going about their ...
Originally published on LibDem Voice on 23rd Dec 2016I don't know who Little Jackie Paper is but I am grateful to her / him for the following comment on Katharine Pindar's recent article on EU reform: "What I really wanted to hear from REMAIN in the referendum was, 'if we remain in the EU the things that we would do differently in future are.....'".I think we all accept how ineffective the Remain campaign was overall. It is still quite painful to revisit it. I can still feel the daily gut wrenching at seeing opportunity slip by as the Leave campaign ...
The festive season affords us the opportunity to reflect on what is important in life. During the festive season we witness the joy that comes from acts of generosity and we can see that there is much to be celebrated. Our thanks must go out to those who work over Christmas including the emergency services who keep us safe. Our thoughts are with those who are unwell, alone or struggling. And our appreciation is with those who come to their aid. However, there is little doubt we are in a more uncertain and dark place in global affairs. The election ...
Lemmy Kilmister | Rare, weird & awesome celebrity photos RT @thisisnotp0rn: Lemmy Kilmister as Santa Claus. I'm not Sith, I'm Alt-Jedi, clarifies Darth Vader I see DavyWavy is still writing the best @newsthump content: Why we must demand brands stop funding hate RT @StopFundingHate: Our op-ed for @gaystarnews about #StopFundingHate: #GoodwillToAll The future is now. - Album on Imgur RT @seanbamforth: This is interesting : Tuition fee rise 'sneaked out' on website - BBC News RT @JolyonMaugham: Merry Christmas from the Conservative Party to all A Level students. Tory and Labour MPs gang up in bid to strip London Assembly ...
Anis Amri, the man who had driven a lorry through a crowded Berlin market on Monday, killing twelve people and injuring scores more, was shot dead by Italian police in Milan after an altercation yesterday. There are many unpleasant elements of this week's continental episode, but one that might have a lasting effect involves the fact that Amri travelled through France before getting caught in northern Italy. He was able to do this because of the Schengen Agreement, an agreement which has meant since March 1995 that a large swathe of western Europe has de facto no borders. Schengen was ...
Having been a full-time Parliamentarian for seventeen years I know that the job is not an easy one. It involves long hours, hard work and lots of energy-sapping events. Until I ceased to do the job in May, I had not realised how tired I was all the time. No one day is the same but the real satisfaction comes from the behind-the-scenes work that they get no recognition for, whether it is lobbying, or carrying out casework on behalf of constituents. Politicians have a terrible reputation. most of it is undeserved. When you question people about those who they ...
Last January I managed to visit Bethlehem after 5.5 hours of delay and "obstruction" at the Jordan/Palestine border by the Israeli authorities. As well as visiting the (Christian) University of Bethlehem, I also paid a visit to the birthplace of Christ and the place where Christmas originated. At this time of year, it is appropriate to remember just how much the occupants of Bethlehem are affected by the illegal occupation and I am grateful to the Palestinian mission for the following information, which I will present without further comment - it speaks for itself. Bethlehem is located 10 kilometers to ...
I was a student at York in the days when, if you opened a magazine, an envelope for you to send off your films for cheap processing fell out. In those days I had a basic camera - it was almost certainly this one, This photograph is of the milepost at Redmire on the Wensleydale branch, Today it is a heritage railway, but in those days it was still a freight line operated by British Rail. Occasionally, BR would provide a Saturday passenger service allowing people from Wensleydale visits to shop in York and people from the city to visit ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - MONDAY 26 DECEMBER 2016 TO MONDAY 9 JANUARY 2017 A90 Swallow roundabout - overnight (7.30pm - 6.30am) southbound nearside lane closure on Friday 6 January for gully resetting works. Riverside Drive (at Perth Road) - temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 January for Virgin Media cable work. Perth Road (at Springfield) - temporary traffic lights on Sunday 8 and Monday 9 January for Scottish Water mains repair.
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Shropshire Council launches new consultation on revised Rocks Green supermarket application over Chr...
Blackfriars, the speculative developer behind the proposals for a superstore and petrol filling station at Rocks Green has produced new plans. You have until 12 January to respond. That's just three weeks, a short period given the holiday season, though longer than the two weeks minimum for reconsultations. You can comment at 14/05573/OUT. The supermarket has been reduced in size and turned through 90 degrees. The service yard has been moved away from Rocks Green Crescent and the number of car parking spaces has been reduced. Plans for the petrol filling station (PFS) are unchanged. A new application was expected ...
The Curious History of the Clothespeg The Economist investigates. (tags: technology )
Nigel Farage may no longer be leader of UKIP but that has not stopped him from carrying on his own personal vendettas within it. The fact is that if Farage there decided to up sticks to go and work for Trump, the oddballs. racists and reactionaries who make up a significant proportion of UKIP's membership would be without a party. So the fact that Farage is still trying to drum UKIP's only MP out of his gang is significant. As the Guardian says, Trump's new best friend thinks that Douglas Carswell should not be in his party: Farage told LBC ...
